Macai: "Atheism isn't based on anything other than a lack of explicit belief in God."
That's a position I defend as well, but keep in mind atheism wouldn't exist without theism. A person not exposed to theism would be an atheist in the purest sense. Most people have been exposed to it, of course, so the position gains character based on counter arguments to the theistic stance. With the ubiquity of theism, reasons to not believe define the atheist. Those aren't beliefs in themselves, they are reasons and types of reasoning. Having a replacement superstitious belief without a deity breaks the typical mold, but categorization here is provisional anyway.
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I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you just contradicted yourself. If atheism can't exist without theism, then someone who has never been introduced to the concept of theism is not an atheist. This is obviously not the case.Interbane wrote:Macai: "Atheism isn't based on anything other than a lack of explicit belief in God."
That's a position I defend as well, but keep in mind atheism wouldn't exist without theism. A person not exposed to theism would be an atheist in the purest sense. Most people have been exposed to it, of course, so the position gains character based on counter arguments to the theistic stance. With the ubiquity of theism, reasons to not believe define the atheist. Those aren't beliefs in themselves, they are reasons and types of reasoning. Having a replacement superstitious belief without a deity breaks the typical mold, but categorization here is provisional anyway.
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