• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      You highlighted the A without any understanding of what the prefix a- means. It means not, or without.

      I’m not a theist because they haven’t convinced me of any theistic claims. I don’t claim no gods exist. I just don’t know of any gods that exist, therefore I am without theism. A-theism.

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        4 days ago

        https://www.dictionary.com/e/atheism-agnosticism/

        There is a key distinction between these terms. An atheist doesn’t believe in the existence of a god or divine being. The word atheist originates with the Greek atheos, which is built from the roots a- (“without”) and theos (“a god”). Atheism is the doctrine or belief that there is no god.

        In contrast, the word agnostic refers to a person who neither believes nor disbelieves in a god or religious doctrine. Agnostics assert that it’s impossible to know how the universe was created and whether or not divine beings exist.

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            2 days ago

            They seem quite confident as they proclaim their superiority over religious people and cannot comprehend why anyone would be religious.

            • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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              1 day ago

              Sure. And nobody claimed “God doesn’t exist.” Two people now have told you that you’re mistaken, but you insist.

              From our perspective it seems like you’re imposing a baseless claim onto us so you can feel better about your own baseless claims. Only theists say atheism is a claim.