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Atheists & Agnostics

Voltaire2

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3. Rejection of gods is not the same as disbelief.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 29, 2018, 06:52 PM

Dec 2018

One could, for example, believe that a god exists and that this god is evil and should not be worshipped.

Also I personally don’t require strictly scientific proof of existence. I’d settle for just ordinary empirical evidence. Show me evidence of your gods. Nobody seems to be able to do that.

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Definition of Athiesm. [View all] Kablooie Dec 2018 OP

I have a hard time believing that even if there is a God like that demigoddess Dec 2018 #1

It's not just scientific proof... LakeArenal Dec 2018 #2

Rejection of gods is not the same as disbelief. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #3

There's no divinity. Therefore no evil or good. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #4

Actually we could define evils and good in a humanistic way that Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #9

Well, first we have to define evidence Lordquinton Dec 2018 #5

You are the one claiming there are supernatural beings controlling our lives, you must prove it Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #10

Not quite right there Lordquinton Jan 2019 #12

oh sorry, but it came off so much like a true god believer. Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #13

I figured it was a misunderstanding Lordquinton Jan 2019 #14

Atheism is simply a lack of an affirmative belief in a deity LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #6

It's the absence of belief. Iggo Jan 2019 #8

I really doubt most psychopaths believe in gods Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #11

I think it's much more simple and there's a lot of breathing room defacto7 Dec 2018 #7