Hella Jingles
Member
"'Atheism', if meaning lack of belief, yet not necessarily disbelief" Yes you're correct. For the same reason Theism doesn't refer to only one god.
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"Theism" isnt a personal description of belief. Atheists have to define what atheism means
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Hella Jingles
Member
Atheism isn't any more of a group than Theism.
McBell
Unbound
Actually, atheism covers both lack of belief in and disbelief in
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Not true. Atheism is the disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods. It includes those who disbelief AND those who merely lack belief.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Anyways, the reason why atheism would have two meanings, and theism only one meaning, is again , because of the atheos》atheism》 then theism definition
This has made the usage awkward, because they tried to create a "definition" after the "a"or anti-definition.
Not to mention they created a obscure definition
This has made the usage awkward, because they tried to create a "definition" after the "a"or anti-definition.
Not to mention they created a obscure definition
The magical volleyball
Member
The word atheist comes from the Greek root atheos meaning "without gods" dating back to 5th century bce. It is not modern day people just slapping an "a" in front of the word theist, but rather a word people have used since 500 yrs before the birth of Jesus to describe themselves as people who live without belief in a god.
Hella Jingles
Member
I'm sorry if you don't like words having multiple meanings, but welcome to English semantics.
In the English language, you have hundreds of thousands of words that can have different meanings in different contexts.
In the English language, you have hundreds of thousands of words that can have different meanings in different contexts.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Your label has more than one meaning, and being it is only an anti'or 'a'concept, it therefore has no inherent meaning.
Ie, I don't care if your label has no meaning.
No, atheism is just the absence of belief in deities. Atheists may believe in the non-existence of gods on top of that, but this isn't required to be an atheist.
Hella Jingles
Member
Technically the correct term for somebody who directly disbelieves in a diety is an Anti-Theist. An Atheist might not want the term applied considering the hate also tied to it, but that is the term.
The magical volleyball
Member
I think theists don't realize they are atheist as well. If I ask a Christian if they believe in zues they would say no, so they are atheist in there belief of zues. The only difference between people who call themselves atheist and the majority of people who call themselves theists is atheists just go one god further.
Yeah... that's insane. It asserts the actual existence of Zeus. It shows the person who argues such as no kind of atheist.
The magical volleyball
Member
Why do I have to believe in the existence of unicorns to ask if you believe in the existence of unicorns?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Makes sense. I like it.
-One without God's.-
Shows how confusing people make things out to be over something so straightforward as that.