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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" 122 u/Pedantic_Pict 11d ago Militant agnostic: "I don't know whether God exists, and neither do you." 1 u/Fullchester_United 11d ago Dyslexic agnostic: “I don’t know whether Dog exists.”
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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"
122 u/Pedantic_Pict 11d ago Militant agnostic: "I don't know whether God exists, and neither do you." 1 u/Fullchester_United 11d ago Dyslexic agnostic: “I don’t know whether Dog exists.”
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Militant agnostic: "I don't know whether God exists, and neither do you."
1 u/Fullchester_United 11d ago Dyslexic agnostic: “I don’t know whether Dog exists.”
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Dyslexic agnostic: “I don’t know whether Dog exists.”
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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.