I don't believe in atheism...

[RestlessSoul]

Disbelief is not belielf

It's the other side of the same coin, and can involve similar levels of commitment to fixed ideas, I'd say.

 

[ChristineM]

Heh...I'm sure you and I must have met at some point. My tangential ramblings aren't the easiest to follow, but you seem to navigate them pretty easily.

Shared spooky brain cell at a distance?

 

[ChristineM]

It's the other side of the same coin, and can involve similar levels of commitment to fixed ideas, I'd say.

Rather like not collecting stamps should be classed as a hobby?

 

[Mock Turtle]

It's the other side of the same coin, and can involve similar levels of commitment to fixed ideas, I'd say.

So what is the coin balanced on edge position?

 

[Stevicus]

...so does that make me an a-atheist, or a theist?

I wouldn't know. I don't even know if I believe in agnosticism.

 

[Vinayaka]

...so does that make me an a-atheist, or a theist?

Makes you some bored guy with nothing more on his mind than dreaming up linguistic philosophical quandaries.

 

[Sirona]

...so does that make me an a-atheist, or a theist?

How about being a Nay-Theist? Nay-Theist - TV Tropes

 

[RestlessSoul]

Rather like not collecting stamps should be classed as a hobby?

If one is actively not collecting them, and regularly exchanging hints and tips with other non collectors, yes.

 

[RestlessSoul]

So what is the coin balanced on edge position?

The default, but only when the coin is spinning

 

[ChristineM]

If one is actively not collecting them, and regularly exchanging hints and tips with other non collectors, yes.

Hints about not collecting stamps. Not even worth talking about.

 

[PureX]

To be a "believer" mostly just means you believe that you're right. In that sense, most atheists believe just as strongly and blindly as any theist.

 

[ChristineM]

To be a "believer" mostly just means you believe that you're right. In that sense, most atheists believe just as strongly and blindly as any theist.

You think? Or you think!


Most atheist don't give a damn but hey, you know all about atheism dont ya you you must be right

 

[RestlessSoul]

Hints about not collecting stamps. Not even worth talking about.

And yet here we are, not talking about it.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Atheism is not a belief in itself.
It is the lack of a religious belief.
it does not replace one belief with another.

However it is not a "Negative" belief system.
It "positively disbelieves" all religions.
An agnostic leaves the question of religious belief open.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

A human was never not a human.

To believe is first.
To not believe owns human reasoning.

Belief is not Primal. It takes instruction and education for an Infant to come to believe anything.

 

[ChristineM]

And yet here we are, not talking about it.

Talking about lots of things, it's what we do, but truthfully, do you think th nuances of atheiem are worth talking about. Do you have any profound insite into what atheism is other than the accepted dictionary definition?

 

[jonathan180iq]

I'm an Atripodist, as I don't have 3 legs, but just two.

 

[Stevicus]

Hints about not collecting stamps. Not even worth talking about.

I don't collect stamps, but I believe in flat stamps.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Talking about lots of things, it's what we do, but truthfully, do you think th nuances of atheiem are worth talking about. Do you have any profound insite into what atheism is other than the accepted dictionary definition?

Seeing that I've never identified as an atheist (even during a time in my life when I had almost no faith in anything at all), I wouldn't have much to say about it's nuances, nor would I have much to offer in the way of insights.

But since at least one prominent academic has written a best selling book about not believing in God, I think we can say there may be more to atheism than a simple absence of belief. For some of it's adherents anyway.

 

[ChristineM]

Seeing that I've never identified as an atheist (even during a time in my life when I had almost no faith in anything at all), I wouldn't have much to say about it's nuances, nor would I have much to offer in the way of insights.

But since at least one prominent academic has written a best selling book about not believing in God, I think we can say there may be more to atheism than a simple absence of belief. For some of it's adherents anyway.

Have you read the book? If its the one i think you mean then he has made a lot of money out of not believing in god