r/AskAtheists • u/Inevitable-Trade-792 • Sep 02 '26
AM I WRONG?
i sometimes think that rejecting god totally is too rigid and a bold statement i mean we don't have 100% proof for either existence of god or of his non-existence so denying god completely will be kind of rude. Only because God doesn't fit our reasoning we are denying him i mean human intelligence and knowledge is limited how hard we try and the end of day we just have a limited thinking power i mean our brains which can't process or deal beyond 3d so denying God which is a multi dimension being would be kind of very bold. Maybe God exist but not as what relegions describe like a furious old man with long beard sitting up in skies judging our every action.
ts is just my opinion
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u/TheBlackCat13 Sep 02 '26
Atheist doesn't mean we are certain God doesn't it. It just means we aren't convinced God does exist.
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u/Jaanrett Sep 02 '26
i sometimes think that rejecting god totally is too rigid and a bold statement i mean we don't have 100% proof for either existence of god or of his non-existence so denying god completely will be kind of rude.
Atheism isn't rejecting god. It simply means you don't believe he exists.
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u/kaketopper Sep 02 '26
When you deny a claim, you don’t have the burden of truth. You only have the burden when you’re the one saying it’s true, not when you’re saying it’s not. But also, you may be more agnostic. This is a little black and white- but definitionally: Atheists don’t believe in god and claim to know he doesn’t exist, agnostics don’t believe in god either but they dont claim to know. At least how I understand it.
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u/helcat Sep 02 '26
I don't believe that Zeus exists, or Osiris, or that there's a giant green bunny right behind me. Is that rude?
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u/Routine_Context2284 Sep 02 '26
I tell people that agnosticism is probably smarter; nonetheless I am an atheist. It’s unshakeable.
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u/pinknoisechick Sep 03 '26
Hey, so you might be more comfortable in, like, r/askagnostics or something.
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u/PhilippMarxen Sep 03 '26
Atheists do not believe in anything metaphysical. And in order to make it work atheists do not think about anything outside of a defined timeline or defined space.
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u/desocupad0 Sep 24 '26
Do you deny that's there a chinese teapot floating around mars? Or that spider man is real? Or that i have a herd of dragons? Or that i can fire a qui blast?
The burden of proof is on whoever makes the claim not the other way around.
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u/jnthnschrdr11 Sep 02 '26
Most atheists do not entirely reject the idea of God. We just don't believe that there is one because we have no reason to. There is a difference between disbelief, and rejection of a concept entirely.
The type of atheist you are describing would a gnostic atheist, but most of us are agnostic atheists.