Are you an atheist because you just have “A lack of belief in gods?”*

[lewisnotmiller]

No. I have a lack of belief in gods, and I do not identify as atheist.

I get that you don't identify as an atheist. Do you think you meet a dictionary definition of it though?

 

[SalixIncendium]

I get that you don't identify as an atheist. Do you think you meet a dictionary definition of it though?

Cambridge? Yes.

Merriam-Webster? No.

 

[Aupmanyav]

"Atheism is one thing: A lack of belief in gods."

I am an atheist because of my religious belief. What you have quoted is somebody else's definition of atheism. My atheism goes beyond that and demands more than that.

No God, no soul (therefore, no ghosts), no heaven, no hell, no judgment day, no need to be saved.

 

[Pachomius]

Dear Salix, you mention - Religion: Advaita Vedanta.

Please tell readers in less than 50 words what is the whole point at all of this religion.

No. I have a lack of belief in gods, and I do not identify as atheist.

I am theist because I know that God exists in concept as the creator cause of man and the universe and everything with a beginning.

Are you an atheist because you just have “A lack of belief in gods?”*

Anyway, I just love to engage in the exchange of thoughts with you on you being atheist while I being theist.

*Atheism is one thing: A lack of belief in gods.

Atheism is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about what a person believes. It is simply a rejection of the assertion that there are gods. Atheism is too often defined incorrectly as a belief system. To be clear: Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.
What is Atheism? | American Atheists​

 

[osgart]

God needs an objective test to know of God. Books about God must demonstrate precise, accurate, and demonstrable truthes that cannot be refuted. It says, and now I can clearly see, to where I can test it myself.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I'm more strictly agnostic with regards a God, but mostly atheist, and I presumably just don't recognise the evidence that so many see to make them theists. One of the reasons for my initial doubting did come from the existence of the multitude of religious beliefs, and where the history of such seems to me to point to human origins alone, unless one was to admit to a God being rather incompetent - which I can't seriously envisage.

 

[Augustus]

Are you an atheist because you just have “A lack of belief in gods?”*

No, I'm an atheist because of something I believe based on balance of probabilities.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Dear Salix, you mention - Religion: Advaita Vedanta.

Please tell readers in less than 50 words what is the whole point at all of this religion.

I'm not clear on the reasoning for imposing a word limit, but I can do it in two: Self-Realization.


ETA: I'll also add that "all of this religion" is actually more of a Hindu philosophy. If you're interested in learning about "all of this religion", you can do so here.

 

[ratiocinator]

Are you an atheist because you just have “A lack of belief in gods?”*

Yes, basically. I've never seen a reasonable definition of any god(s) together with a good reason to take the notion seriously.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I am theist because I know that God exists in concept as the creator cause of man and the universe and everything with a beginning.

Are you an atheist because you just have “A lack of belief in gods?”*

Anyway, I just love to engage in the exchange of thoughts with you on you being atheist while I being theist.

*Atheism is one thing: A lack of belief in gods.

Atheism is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about what a person believes. It is simply a rejection of the assertion that there are gods. Atheism is too often defined incorrectly as a belief system. To be clear: Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.
What is Atheism? | American Atheists​

I go by the etymology of the word.

I'm an atheist because I have no gods.

Your correct that it is not an affirmative term. At least when it's root meaning is involved.

 

[ChristineM]

They're supposed to be "magically delicious" but I prefer to say they are marginally delicious...if you like dried puffed oats and some more-or-less marshmallow thingies...

This seems to me to be good enough reason for a <ew> frube

 

[Augustus]

I go by the etymology of the word.

In which case you see it as a belief or principle one adopts, not a lack of one.

The etymology is not a-theism (without theism), but athe[os]-ism

(-ism: forming nouns denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement)

 

[Pachomius]

"I am an atheist because of my religious belief." - Aupmanyav

You should label yourself more precisely as an a-religionist, but not as an atheist.


[QUOTE="Aupmanyav, post: 6661962, member: 11823"]I am an atheist because of my religious belief. What you have quoted is somebody else's definition of atheism. My atheism goes beyond that and demands more than that.

No God, no soul (therefore, no ghosts), no heaven, no hell, no judgment day, no need to be saved.[/QUOTE]

 

[Aupmanyav]

@Pachomius I do not agree with you. I am as I claim an orthodox Hindu following a branch of Hindu philosophy which is most popular now and was there even in the times of Vedas. You cannot term me a-religious just because my belief does not subscribe to the things that I have mentioned. This is because you have not studied Hinduism.
Gaudapada - Wikipedia, Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia, Hindu atheism - Wikipedia