Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Nonsense. What of the agnostic atheist who "doesn't know" or knows they can't know? or the irreligious atheist, who's just in it out of hate for religion? or the person who feels they understand what "god" is and knows exactly what it is they are not believing in? They too are atheists.
Maybe to you. I wouldn't consider most of them atheists. If the irreligious "atheist" actually doesn't believe in God, then I 'd call him/her and atheist. If he/she does, but hates that God, they would be more along the lines of a maltheist. If they believe, but hate religion, then they would be an "unorganized" theist, to me. The last one is most atheists. I know what a theistic God is, and I don't believe such a thing exists. If I didn't know what "God" was, I couldn't anwer your question. So, we come back to atheists being people who don't believe in God, for whatever reason.