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Conducting a simple atheist study, need un minuto of your time.

Please answer just this one question (I need hard data.)

atheism is:

A. the disbelief of gods
B. the belief that there are no gods
C. Other (explain.)

Please pass this on to other atheists and give them my email. I'd like to be as thorough as possible here.

Thanks,

Dave Harty

tastypaper@gmail.com

Tags: atheism, atheist, definition

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Permalink Reply by VeganApe on December 21, 2011 at 12:31am

Atheism - disbelief in and rejection of all proposed theologies presented to date....

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Permalink Reply by David on December 21, 2011 at 12:56am

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on November 1, 2012 at 8:05pm

Works for me ... I like your use of the word, "rejection." I would add a simple statement to it, to wit:

There Are NO Gods. Works for me.

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Permalink Reply by David on December 21, 2011 at 12:57am

(A) has been revised to "lack of a belief in gods."

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Permalink Reply by Jedi Wanderer on December 21, 2011 at 9:17am

You can edit this is the actual discussion so as to avoid confusion. Click on "Options" above and to the right of the discussion.

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on January 20, 2013 at 12:07pm

Atheism isn't a deficiency, a lack, it's being able to tell your ass from a hole in the ground. Nor is it merely a belief. So "(C) There are NO gods." works for me too.

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Permalink Reply by AtheistTech on December 21, 2011 at 1:25am

I choose A, the revised A

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Simpson on December 21, 2011 at 3:55am

In a general sense, the revised (A): Lack of belief in any god.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on December 21, 2011 at 3:58am

I think A works for me.

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Permalink Reply by Scott A. Hunt on December 21, 2011 at 6:47am

revised A

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Permalink Reply by Richard K. Emms on December 21, 2011 at 6:47am

David,

Answer "A" seems to fit the best. It's the closest to the opposite of religion. Religion tends to focus in on a specific point we know as dogma. Atheism rejects it. Reality is like many other subjects, if you don't see the the whole picture you're likely missing the point.

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on December 21, 2011 at 6:52am

Atheism - from a-theos, literally "without god."

It is not about belief, but a state of being. From our point of view, EVERYONE is without god. We at least have the guts to SAY SO.

So, I would say "A" after a fashion, but with the notations I've made here.