buddhists do not believe in immortal beingsand they seem nice enough
Abstinence is a form of sex
Atheism is a form of theismThis is amazingAbstinence is a form of sex
That may be what atheism is to you, and most of the militant atheists I've encountered online, but it doesn't make sense to me and it isn't what atheism has always been. Basically what you're saying is that only Christians, Jews and Muslims are theists and that isn't at all true. BK said somewhere, jokingly I assume, that he/she/it was theist because he believed in Thor. People who believe in gods are theists. It doesn't have to be anything but a god and a god can is anything or anyone that is venerated. I don't see how anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the Bible doesn't understand that. It seems just the thinking of an ideologue.
Abstinence is a form of sex
Ignorance is a form of knowledge and silence is a form of noise
The Bible mentiones many gods. Some real, some not, some supernatural, some not, some creators, some not, some just idols - wood and stone.
Atheism is what it is.A term generally used to define the non adherence to popular deistic/theistic ideologies..Though as ever, if one deconstructs the idea and expands upon definition, then the loose adherence to any social idea could be regarded as being theistic.So in terms of the Biblical magician, I am atheistic.But in terms of a GOD principle, I am open minded.It all depends upon how one arranges words.
how can you tell if a god is "false" ?
Everyone has gods, though, in some sense, everyone is theistic
BUT the word literally means the theory, doctrine and/or practice of no gods. Atheist. The prefix a, in this context, means without. Theos means god and ism means theory, doctrine, practice. Atheism is the theory, doctrine and practice of lacking gods.
context of a specific culture that god
then it literally means without the theory, practice, or doctrine
What about good, quick, poor, irrational, illogical thinking?That's at least four more types.
A much more worthwhile conversation I think is what should the term atheist should be thought to mean.
that's generally the implication when some random person asks, "do you beeleev inn god ?"
That's how the Bible presents it and it's universal.
None. When you think about what the truth is, you either think it to say what is true or false or you don't.
depending on which christian you ask
"Here, let’s try another example. Tell me whether the following sentence is True or False:
“This sentence is false” "False."Do you see the problem here?"No no problem for me at least, I'm direct I said.Even when you try to make a false equivocation I can demonstrate an example of being direct as possible.
If your answer was "neither", I didn't see you say that.
This just comes down to whether we are speaking the same language.
I know of not a single atheist who defines a god as anything other than a powerful supernatural being (at minimum). If you are calling anything else a god and using that redefinition of the word in your definition of atheism then you may be typing words into your browser but you are not communicating with anyone here.
If as you acknowledge that the "a" in atheism means without, then it literally means without the theory, practice, or doctrine.
Therefore calling that a theory, practice, or doctrine is every bit as logically absurd as calling ignorance a form of knowledge.
what this boils down tois the concept of "self identification"
Not really. I could call myself an atheist all day long, if I believe in a god I'm just being dishonest
