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by Brooke B on March 24th, 2005

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What do atheists believe in?

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  • by lilly42 on December 27th, 2005

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    Before you rate, and I begin answering this question. I would just like to note a few things. I have been studying religions for years, and I have even aced a World Religions course. I have every intention of answering this question honestly. Thus, I will be pulling out my old World Religions course book which also teaches on atheism and the absence of religion.

    Types of Atheists:

    philosphical atheist-One who rejects the assumption that there is a God or Supreme Being.

    materialist-A philosophical atheist who believes that nothing spiritual exists. (Basically, everything is an expression of matter more or less.)

    atheist-in-practice-A person who has given no thought to the question of God, or one who displays a disregard for the question.


    Also there are emotional atheists, but these are not true atheists. They simply choose to not believe in God or hate him for a psycholgoical need. Ex: They may be laughed at if they believe in God. They want to get even with him.

    Things that should not be confused with atheism:

    agnostic-A person who believes one cannot know whether or not there is a God, Supreme Being, Ultimate Force, or Existance.

    Skeptic-A person who believes nothing can be truly known.


    Also, atheism should not be considered the same thing as being areligous, or having no religion. Buhdism for the most part is an atheistic religion. Also, a very few Hindus are atheists.(Yes, some Hindus are atheists.)

    Comments

    • Very good response

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on December 30th, 2005

    • Interesting. I didn't know about all the types of atheists. Thanjs

      Jodie44

      by Jodie44 on February 5th, 2006

    • Awesome, dead on answer, and some stuff I didn't know about the different types

      Joshua Zambrano

      by Joshua Zambrano on February 21st, 2006

    • Very good.

      lizvelrene

      by lizvelrene on March 28th, 2006

    • I am an atheist, but now I don't know which type! I'm going back to Christianity!

      Captain Birdseye

      by Captain Birdseye on April 19th, 2006

    • emotional atheists? LOL - I am a skeptic and an atheist. Believe it. ;-)

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on April 24th, 2006

    • This breakdown seems definitive, but isn't. Skeptics don't deny that anything can be known, they just want to know 'how you know it'. Skeptics don't accept unsupported 'revelation'.

      odel

      by odel on December 14th, 2007

    • aren't all atheists skeptics ?
      i'm disappointed...

      Sympho de Proggy

      by Sympho de Proggy on February 8th, 2009

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