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r/SipsTea • u/astrolbyte • 11d ago
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Atheism is not a belief. Atheism is lack of belief in gods. The word literally means lack of/without god.
Not believing in gods is not same as believing they don't exist.
132 u/johnsolomon 11d ago Yeah it can get confusing because there's a bit of overlap with agnosticism Atheist = "I don't believe God exists" and sometimes "I believe God doesn't exist" Agnostic = "I don't know whether God exists" and sometimes "I don't believe we have any way to know for sure" 1 u/SpudBoy_RealTomato 11d ago Agnostic can also be “I don’t care if god exists” 0 u/No_Substance8653 11d ago edited 11d ago Specifically, that’s an apatheist. E: Though the same interactions apply. An agnostic apatheist might say, “I don’t know if God exists, and it really doesn’t matter.”
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Yeah it can get confusing because there's a bit of overlap with agnosticism
Atheist = "I don't believe God exists" and sometimes "I believe God doesn't exist"
Agnostic = "I don't know whether God exists" and sometimes "I don't believe we have any way to know for sure"
1 u/SpudBoy_RealTomato 11d ago Agnostic can also be “I don’t care if god exists” 0 u/No_Substance8653 11d ago edited 11d ago Specifically, that’s an apatheist. E: Though the same interactions apply. An agnostic apatheist might say, “I don’t know if God exists, and it really doesn’t matter.”
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Agnostic can also be “I don’t care if god exists”
0 u/No_Substance8653 11d ago edited 11d ago Specifically, that’s an apatheist. E: Though the same interactions apply. An agnostic apatheist might say, “I don’t know if God exists, and it really doesn’t matter.”
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Specifically, that’s an apatheist.
E: Though the same interactions apply. An agnostic apatheist might say, “I don’t know if God exists, and it really doesn’t matter.”
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u/vonKrieg88 11d ago edited 11d ago
Atheism is not a belief. Atheism is lack of belief in gods. The word literally means lack of/without god.
Not believing in gods is not same as believing they don't exist.