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The "A" Word 5 Months, 3 Weeks ago Karma: 2  
Are you comfortable using the "A" word to describe your theological stance? Why or why not?
 
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Re:The "A" Word 5 Months, 2 Weeks ago Karma: 0  
Good question. I am fine with it. I simply don't care, or pay attention to misconceptions of the word.

It does NOT mean that you outright deny any possible form/forms or any possible god/gods/godess/godess,etc.

It simply means disbelief in God X. You can use any God from any faith to fill in the X.

If you put an apple in front of me, I have no choice wheather or not I am going to believe it exsists.

I must.

The converse is true with god.

I didn't choose to be an atheist. I chose to label myself an atheist, after I realized I was one.
 
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Absolutely. I am not a fan of labels, but that one is pretty cut and dried for me. I don't wear my atheism like a badge, it does not define who I am, merely my stance on a particular issue. Atheists are free of the cookie cutter mentality of "You are a Christian so you believe in Jesus." or "You are a Scientologist so you believe we came from outer space."

And Rasta, here is the definition of the word.

Atheist: a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.*

So yes, being a 'by the definition' atheist, I deny and/or disbelieve in the existence of supreme beings and/or the supernatural. I don't believe in God or Ghosts, Vampires or Valkyries, Dragons or Devils.


*cited source: Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
 
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It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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