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Atheists: is your lack of belief in god strong, weak, or somewhere in the middle?

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  • Adam
    Lv 7
    5 years ago
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    An atheist can be explicit or implicit. The former describes one who is capable of thinking about whether gods exist, and does not believe they do. The latter is one who presumably does not believe because they are incapable of understanding the concept of deities. They don't believe because they can't.

    So I would be an explicit atheist.

    An explicit atheist can be strong or weak. A strong atheist asserts that no gods exist, while a weak atheist merely lacks belief. Indeed, "lack of belief" is what it means to be a weak atheist. As for myself, I prefer not to make assertions about gods I don't need to.

    So I would be an explicit weak atheist. I would be persuaded that gods exist if actual evidence came along for them. As it stands, they have failed every test and the arguments for them have more holes than a net.

  • 5 years ago

    In my mind non-belief is non-belief. If I wasn't sure what I believed, I'd be an agnostic. If you're asking whether I'm a gnostic/strong atheist (making the positive assertion that no gods exist) or an agnostic/weak atheist (lacking the belief in gods, but not saying they don't exist), I'm the latter, an agnostic atheist, as I suspect most of us are. That doesn't mean I'm in doubt about what I (don't) believe about the existence of gods, though.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Atheists: is your lack of belief in god strong, weak, or somewhere in the middle?

    No belief is NO belief!

    Not 50% no belief or a little bit of no belief! NO BELIEF!

    English is not my first language but I have no problem with understanding this!

    You thick or something?

  • Nous
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    The only way primitive religion exists today is through the child abuse of forcing it into very, very young children but thanks to better education and growing intellects so many teens are able to discover the truth, throw off the indoctrination and step into the real world!

    So atheism is not a conscious decision or a belief but a realisation!

    The first person to produce a single tiny little piece of verifiable evidence for any god will become world famous and mega rich!

    Academia states that in the absence of any sort of evidence of the existence of something it must be deemed not to exist until verifiable evidence is found - thus god is held not to exist pending some sort of verifiable evidence.

    REALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 5 years ago

    My lack of belief is a lack of belief. If I believe just a tiny bit, then I have belief and no long non believe.

    That being said, as an agnostic atheist, I cannot know for certain that there is no God, as it is not a falsifiable statement, but I certainly do not believe in it.

  • 5 years ago

    Eh, the only reason I don't believe in any gods is lack of evidence they are anything more than ancient superstition. I treat gods the same I treat fairies, wizards, vampires and leprechauns.

    What does that count as? You tell me whether this means strong, weak or somewhere in the middle.

  • 5 years ago

    I personally don't believe any god claim is justified because I have studied many religions and tried to find any credible evidence to build a belief system upon for many years and have not been able to find any justification for any claim I have encountered. Because I have spent so much time and energy honestly searching for any credible evidence I believe that my position is very strong but I am open to any evidence that someone could present because if there is any reasonable evidence that could support a god claim I would accept it. I hope this helps.

  • 5 years ago

    To suggest that an intelligence capable of creating a universe has existed for all time just doesn't fly for me. It's a desperate attempt to plant a big designer into the equation to answer an even bigger question of where did all this stuff come from. So I would have to place myself in the Strong camp.

  • Dan
    Lv 5
    5 years ago

    I am 100% certain that the god of Abraham is a fabrication (as is Abraham, but I digress). However, I am willing to accept the possibility that a god or perhaps gods exist. However, I will only believe if acceptable evidence is presented.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    My lack of belief is a lack of belief that's it. I don't feel any need to classify it any further.

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