Old 07-10-2009, 05:39 PM
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Overman
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Atheism is not “faith in nothing“. Again, faith requires belief. Atheism is lack of belief…complete absence of belief.

Atheism exists mainly as a social response to theism. As such, it requires 'faith'...or belief w/o proof, as you say...that theism lacks evidence to sustain 'belief'.

Can you think of any cultures throughout the history of the world that did not have some form of god/gods?

Again, atheism isn't a passive absence of faith/belief...it is active. It requires a degree of certainty. This certainty is based on faith in something...your ability to reason, if nothing else.


Atheism makes no claims. Atheism has no doctrine.

Then you are describing something that isn't "atheism".


I know I exist…I know my opinions exist…I know the things I like/enjoy exist. What I do not know is if anything supernatural exists.

There you go. You "do not know", a statement ripe with 'certainty', that something "supernatural" exists.

You seem very certain that you are uncertain.
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