Belief or
disbelief in a deity isn't a light switch you can turn on and off.
I, myself, am an atheist; and I'm here to tell you that atheism is
the disbelief in a deity / deities.
It's «Obvious» — an agnostic might do it, but an atheist has an unshakable
disbelief in a deity, so why WOULD they even try?
Not exact matches
But to my point that Atheism is a religion by definition Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith Faith: belief or trust: belief
in, devotion to, or trust
in somebody or something, especially without proof Atheism: unbelief
in God or
deities:
disbelief in the existence of God or
deities
I have not changed the definition of Atheist (unbelief
in God or
deities:
disbelief in the existence of God or
deities) I have stated only that it falls under the definition of a religion
Bruce, throughout history people have been speaking out against the belief
in a
deity, we are fortunate to live
in a time and place when one is not executed for expressing ones
disbelief.
1 archaic: ungodliness, wickedness 2 a: a
disbelief in the existence of
deity b: the doctrine that there is no
deity
God CAN be denied by
disbelief because there's no universal mandate to believe
in any particular way about any particular
deity proposed.
Disbelief in god has nothing to do with relationship styles and everything to do with common sense that there never has been, never will be some mythical all - powerful
deity.
Merriam Webster Dictionary: Main Entry: athe · ism Pronunciation: \ ˈā - thē - ˌi - zəm \ Function: nounEtymology: Middle Frenchathéisme, from athée atheist, from Greek atheos godless, from a - + theos godDate: 15461 archaic: ungodliness, wickedness 2 a: a
disbelief in the existence of
deity b: the doctrine that there is no
deity
Kind of like, most atheists would agree that atheism is
disbelief in the existence of
deity, but may take issue if I said atheism is wickedness.
Definition of Ahteism: 1: archaic: ungodliness, wickedness 2a: a
disbelief in the existence of
deity b: the doctrine that there is no
deity So no Satanic worshipers are not atheist.
«a
disbelief in the existence of
deity» (one difinition at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheism)