Sentences with phrase «atheist by definition»

It is simply unfair to blame bible believing Christians for somebody who says you can be an atheist by his definition and still be a Christian.

I am still an atheist by definition because I do not believe in any Gods even though I leave open the possibility that one or more exists.

Chuckles «Secondly, still don't actively reject god,» = > then you arent an atheist by definition.

Uh, atheists by definition don't believe in heaven, hell, or your imaginary friend.

Taking a stand against something means you believe in something therefore you can't be an atheist because atheists by definition do not believe in anything.

Not exact matches

Ben, How you've decribed your position is the definition used by most atheists.

If the answer is no you are, by definition, an atheist...

Personally I don't care how a person spends their time or worships... they can worship goats, spirits, god, buddha, nothingness or football... As long as they don't criticize others or attempt to propagate to non believers, and by that definition, these atheist are as bad a evangelicals.

Live by your atheist rules and start explaining to your loved ones the lack of metaphysical or spiritual definition to your love.

You seem to be very confused by the definition of atheist.

@HarryGP By your definition do Christians persecute gays, nonChristians, and atheists by telling them that deserve to go to helBy your definition do Christians persecute gays, nonChristians, and atheists by telling them that deserve to go to helby telling them that deserve to go to hell?

Atheist reject the idea of a god and believe their view to be true or they would be agnostic unless they choose no stance at all of a god that of which would require unknowing of what the term «god» means so it would fall under a belief and since they can't prove that a god doesn't exist then by definition it requires faith for their view, meaning it would effect their view of the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe if a god was proven to be true.

An atheist could never be president because that person by reason of the very definition would be unable to take the oath with the hand on the Bible.

by definition belief in any single God or religious systems excludes belief in others... In that sense, Christians are no better / worse than Buddhists, Muslims, Hindi's, Sikh's, ATHEISTS, etc, etc..

Notice that the terms «atheist» and «agnostic», by these definitions, are not mutually exclusive.

I am strictly going by definitions and understand if an individual does not want to indentify as an atheist.

By these definitions a positive atheist is someone who explicitly affirms there is no god, where as a negative atheist is any non-theist and would include agnostics.

mei, by your definition our prisons should be filled with atheists.

By definition, Atheists should just shut up.

you are ignorant if you think atheists think that life is meaningless by definition.

Atheists, by definition, don't think there's any such thing as God.

While atheism has become a generic term with varying definitions, I would argue that the typical atheist simply rejects claims made by men about gods / goddesses.

If newborns are born without religious beliefs, they are, by definition, atheists.

If you agree with me that babies no nothing of the concept of god and therefore, don't have a belief in a god, then by definition, they are atheists.

Unless you think babies have a belief in god, then they're atheists, by definition.

If not, they're atheists, by definition.

There is a difference between atheist and agnostic by their very definitions, and no amount of wiki postings by you is going to change the definitions of those words.

I would have to exist before I could be evil and that would (by definition) mean that anyone who thinks I'm evil is not an atheist.

so by that definition atheist are the minority and believers are majority.

Besides which, if an atheist or socialist isn't gay, but supports gay rights, by definition that is NOT selfish.

Many atheists attempt to sidetrack the issue by twisting the definition and claiming that it isn't a belief, but rather disbelieving in any gods.

The real meaning of being an Atheist (by the definition that we know today) is that they DO N'T KNOW if there is a God or not.

Ok, so all the atheists posting on this are just throwing up your hands because there is not one candidate in the field that is not in a cult (by the general definition that many here are using).

If you do not believe in any god, then by definition, you are an atheist.

And as always there was a hearty amount of feedback from atheists and nonbelievers about how all religions were cults by definition.

When I hear someone say they are atheist, that means by its basic definition they are saying there is no God and no chance there is one.

A continuing attempt by atheists to remove from all civil / public forums any mention of the God of Israel is certainly, by ANY definition, an attempt by athests to push their disbelief on the rest of us.

In particular, What if macroscopic evolution is not just another «a cultural consensus» imposed by like minded atheists / materialists who by definition preclude open science of testing it against the null hypothesis of known stochastic and chemical processes (as distinct from mutations causing microevolution)?

David L Hagan: What if macroscopic evolution is not just another «a cultural consensus» imposed by like minded atheists / materialists who by definition preclude open science of testing it against the null hypothesis of known stochastic and chemical processes (as distinct from mutations causing microevolution)?