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It's not so much a common set of beliefs, just the one, God does not exist.
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I think their common belief, they don’t believe in God.
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Probably because everything that is opposite of "atheism" has some common set of beliefs, so the assumption is that that atheism is simply another category of belief (or non-belief, as the case may or may not be).
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Possibly because atheists think that people who claim to believe in a god have a common set of beliefs. SO it might just be common to the majority of people as opposed to a 'side' or group of people.
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Because the mind that isn't paying attention prefers generalities. Reality is just chock full of complexity... lots and lots and lots of details. Generalities make it much easier for the mind to function, it can treat a whole bunch of things in big, fat "chunks" that are easier to categorize, manipulate, and think about. So, much of what we "know" is this kind of static generalized complacency that says "all these things are like each other". That kind of simplistic conclusion allows the mind to shut off and not burn more cycles considering the details and inconsistencies within each set. Said simply: laziness drives excessive generalization. Ignorance that this is occurring keeps it in place.
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People see Atheism as an alternative to other religious belief; therefore, they see it through their paradigm of commonly accepted dogma. It is usually an epiphany for them to think that Atheism isn't defined by any common beliefs at all. The only characteristic is a LACK of belief in any deity.
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