That's just your opinion. In standard English, a lack of a belief is not a belief.
False. I don't believe in God but I also don't assume that God does not exist. People are actually open minded and are able to accept that they could be wrong.
It is seen as stealing culture from a group who has already been stolen from for centuries. There needs to be at least some acknowledgement of the pain and suffering that gave rise to that culture as well as a respect for those who built it.
Theory is as high as any idea gets in science, so how is this a problem?
Since the theory of evolution is one of the most well supported theories in science I can see why people accept it. However, how do you base your life on evolution? That doesn't make much sense. It's like basing your...
That would be a positive belief that you never stated that, according to your logic.
"I don't believe" would not be an affirmation of belief. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
There is a big difference between the two. If you do not believe God is real you are keeping the possibility...
False. Those are two different things. When a jury finds a defendant not guilty they are not saying that the defendant is innocent, only that guilt was not proven. That's the same approach that most atheists take towards claims made about deities.
Yes, in our frame of reference light travels at that speed. However, there is no time or distance in the photon's frame of reference. Again, you can't pretend as if all frames of reference are the same.
It's ok to switch frames of reference as long as you accurately describe each one and do...
What we find most amusing is how theists stumble over themselves to make it appear as if atheists have beliefs like they do in order to discredit atheists.
"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...
Then what in the world would a negative statement about one's own beliefs look like? According to you:
"I believe in Bigfoot" = positive statement
"I don't believe in Bigfoot" = positive statement
Methinks you have something backwards.
False. He literally does NOT believe that God is real...
If it doesn't have to do with a disbelief in deities then it has nothing to do with atheism. It's a bit like finding a non-golfer who likes chocolate ice cream and the concluding that you must like chocolate ice cream if you don't play golf. Atheists breathe air, but I have yet to see anyone...
If you are awake while you meditate, then it is the case during waking hours.
Waking activity also rewires neural pathways.
Those are just bare assertions. Where is the evidence that this reality is illusory?
Perhaps the problem is that you are insulted when someone points out that you are ignorant of something. If you are human, then you are ignorant of something. No human is all-knowing. We should honestly embrace the idea that we are ignorant of many things, and even recognize our fallible...
In discussions about the origin of the universe and the origin of life there are those who say that atheists have as much faith as theists because atheists have no evidence for how those things came about. It is pretty obvious many theists also view faith as a belief held in the absence of...