Obviously I can not believe in something I cannot imagine.
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Is atheism a belief?
- Thread starter Dawnofhope
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If you can not believe in something that you cannot imagine, how can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? Lack of belief in gods is due to lack of belief in their existence. you know gods and you know that gods don't exist, so you don't have to believe in gods.(according to atheist). You "believe" that gods don't exist.
It would be hard to not not believe - i.e to believe - in something that you can't imagine.
You can't conceive of something as true if you can't conceive of it at all.
I don't know gods don't exist. Never said I did. You are now misrepresenting me.
I am sorry. "You" refers to any one with atheist beliefs.
Audie
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Please try to rewrite.
A double negative is bad enough,you used three.
Nobody but you could say for sure what you mean.
Oh, and, could you say if you are capable
of understanding that your god is a myth.
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With all the "negatives" your using, it's hard to fully grasp what you're trying to say. With that being said, I gathered that you are confusing two things. Believe that god exist (as in believing that there is a god), with believe in a god (as in worshiping a god). Atheism and theism alone simply deals with the former not the latter.
One can believe that a god exist but doesn't have to believe in a god or worship a god.
That's hardly "the basics." Outside of a few people on the internet, you'll hardly ever find anyone who uses the word "Gnostic" this way.I think you should just start with the basics. Here's a nice chart.
Yup, I'm 100% (and some) certain no god exists and never have i used the term 'gnostic atheist' to describe myself
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Could be, am also be a chordata and never call myself or anyone else one
Why did you say "Yup, I'm 100% (and some) certain no god exists and never have i used the term 'gnostic atheist' to describe myself"? Was there a point you wanted to make or was it just an observation or what?
The chart is nonsense.I think you should just start with the basics. Here's a nice chart.
Milton Platt
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Please explain how one can be a Christian and be an atheist at the same time. I am intrigued.
Its very easy. One could believe there was an historical Jesus but the narrative in the New Testament is mostly theological. The resurrection, never happened literally but instead was the inspiration of the Gospel writers or early Christians who intended symbolic meaning. There was no literal virgin birth, so instead we have a theological narrative that teaches us about purity. Even the narrative about the God of Abraham is theological and is simply there to convey deeper spiritual truths that has little to do with a literal or real God at all. Make sense?
Milton Platt
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Kinda. It seems to be outside of the normative definition of the word christian, tho. What makes the truths "spiritual"?
Of course conservative Christians would say they are not Christians at all while more liberal Christians may argue that if one chooses to belief in Christ and call themselves a Christian, that is sufficient.
Spiritual is just another nebulous word that could mean many things....a little like atheist!