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Does it makes me an atheist, not believing in god?

Apparently Im an atheist because I dont believe in god, quite frankly I dont consider my self a atheist they have some dumb ideas just like religions do, so is there other options or does it has to be eather or?

Please people answer the question without offending it makes you look stupid. And it makes me mad not being able to respond and trash you. Thanks

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    There are levels of Atheism.

    An Atheist is one who disbelieves in gods, but everyone is an Atheist in one respect or another, for example, Christians and muslims don't believe in Thor. A Theist is one who believes in a deity (a god) and a Polytheist is one who believes in many gods (poly meaning "many" as in "polygamy" - many wives [or husbands]).

    At one end of the spectrum, you get people who say, "There is No god! There can be no god, it just isn't rational!" This isn't an entirely logical position; because one cannot prove a negative (one cannot prove that there is no god) but, at the same time, modern science is gradually eradicating the gaps that a "god of the gaps" could inhabit, so the need to invoke a supernatural being to explain the natural world is increasingly unnecessary.

    At the other end, you get people who just don't know. There is insufficient information or evidence for them to form an opinion, they are Agnostic Atheists. Agnostic literally means "without knowledge". This is the most logical position to adopt.

    There is nothing wrong with being an Atheist and statistically (this is a generalisation and there will be exceptions on both sides) Atheists tend to be more intelligent, better educated and have better morals than the religious - this is because they actually think about things, rather than naively believing what a book with no external validation has said.

  • 9 years ago

    Atheism means you do not believe in gods. That's it. There is no other meaning for "atheist" and no additional meaning. Apart from a disbelief in gods, atheists are just like anyone else with wide and varied opinions about everything. Some atheists have dumb ideas, some are very clever but that is common to everyone.

  • 9 years ago

    By definition, you are an atheist if you don't believe in God. That's what atheist means.

    Those proclaimed atheists who have dumb ideas are people like everyone else, and they have opinions. But atheism is not, in itself, a religion.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    An atheist is, by definition, a person who does not believe in gods. So if you don't believe in ANY gods, you are an atheist. And atheism isn't a set of beliefs. All it is, is the disbelief in a god/gods. That's the only idea that all atheists share.

  • 9 years ago

    Yes, that is the definition of an atheist.

    I don't know what "dumb ideas just like religions..." you are referring to but they are not germane to atheism. The sole requirement is that you do not believe in a god(s).

  • 9 years ago

    Yes, that's the definition of atheism.

    It's the sole requirement to be an atheist.

    I don't know what these other "dumb ideas" you're referring to could be, but if they involve anything other than not believing in god, they aren't part of atheism.

  • 9 years ago

    Atheism does not posit any idea or creed for that matter. If you're concerned that people with the same status or position with respect to the existence of god has made some less than reputable remarks, then you should be reconsidering whether you are 'human' in light of the dark histories for which we are held responsible.

  • 9 years ago

    being an atheist just means not believing in a god or gods, nothing else

  • 9 years ago

    Yes.

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