what is an atheist in an easy to understand explanation ?
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Why even burden his tender little mind with such trivial distinctions?
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1. you pick the word\n\n2. that poster is perhaps using the word atheist in reference to not believing in the judeo christian god and hasn't had his morning cup of coffee but instead has to chase the 3 year old around to get a fresh diaper on \n\n3. all that is is reminding me of "i am who i am" moses talk\n\n4. source - matrix\n\n5. conscious energy -  i believe in this myself,  the "hologram" idea fits in nicely here
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There is no reason for thumbs down, that is a valid question.\n\nIf an atheist is arguing that atheism will necessarily make one a better person, then those would be good examples to show to contradict their argument. \n\nBut most atheists aren't really arguing that, though I suppose some do. I think what most atheists are arguing is that religion does not necessarily make you a better person, which is why they bring up the examples of religious extremists, the Inquisition, etc. Remember, a common charge against atheists is that without God they necessarily must not have any morals, and thereby by implication that morals come from religion alone. It is that which atheists are arguing against. \n\nBut there can be no question that many have killed in the names of all sorts of ideas, whether they be religious ones, or atheistic ones.
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they probably have atheist and agnostic mixed up
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I know there is a God. I didn't arrive at this conclusion by my intellect, for human intelligence is limited. Give up on trying to figure everything out, for common sense itself should tell you that you can't know or understand everything. This is not a matter of the head, but of the heart. Ask yourself this: "If God is the truth, do I really want to know the truth?" Our sinfulness makes us afraid of a holy and righteous God who we feel must demand an accounting of us His creatures. Atheists say they don't believe in God, but I don't believe in atheists. If they don't believe in God, then who are they so mad at? They claim wisdom and knowledge and call believers simple, but I see atheists as being extremely smallminded and limited. Did atoms and microbes not exist until some human came along who was smart enough to detect them? How small these people's reality must be! How futile and pointless their existence! I commend you for at least being openminded enough to ask? How foolish it is to think that one's ignorance is evidence! Thanks for not being that way, wisdom is not beyond the grasp of one such as yourself. There is a God; He is beyond human comprehension; He is absolutely holy, righteous, and frightfuly just. His awesome majesty and power is terrifying and he is completely unapproachable by vile, prideful humans. Remember I said that it is our innate sense of this reality that drives some to deny His existense out of fear of the truth. They can't face themselves and their guilt, and they can't face a righteously angry, holy, and just God whom they rightly think will demand retribution of them. What they don't understand is that this same God is also infinitely loving, kind, gracious and merciful, and that He paid the penalty for their sins and removed their guilt which was keeping them from Him. How? He gave us His only begotten Son Jesus Christ who took our sins and guilt upon his holy and innocent self and was put to death so that we may go free. Believe this, make claim to it as a FREE GIFT from God, confess it to Him and to others, then walk in peace from now on with Him, always trusting Jesus' sacrifice as your justification in God's eyes, not your own merit. Then keep on learning more of Him and growing spiritually.><>Sir Brian
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One; \n\nRespectable atheists are generally followers of logic.  Logicaly speaking, the athiest knows that all he has to do is get a new bulb and replace the blown bulb.  He doesn't ask God to give him light; he knows that if there is to be light in his house, he will have to put it there and he does so.\n\nBy the way, the assumption made above about atheists being large is simply a disgusting generalization made by a feeble mind with no other answer to atheism than an ad hominem argument.
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Good Atheist. Religion is vague. Being a genuine good person is for real.
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I am athiest and it is easy. Just be a good person and don't think that there is some parent finger shaking his finger no at you everytime you do something he says is "wrong." If there is a hell, I will gladly go to it because his so called rules are total bull and if some type of God does exist, then he or she wouldn't have given us free will if they didn't want us to have some fun. Fun is fun, but to a point. Always respect people and such. Is all good then. Easy to be an athiest...Oh, and as for just dying. Well, it is easy. Although it is impossible to know what it is like for you to not be able to think and cease to exist, it can happen. Compare it to turning off a light and it is simple. Not like they ever discovered a "soul" when digging thru a body, so, safe to say that.
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An atheist does not believe in a higher power.  An agnostic isn't sure if there is one or not, and typically an agnostic doesn't go seeking for spirituality or answers to that question.
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Be sure you understand the meaning of the term Atheist.  Atheists generally denouonce the existance of any type of superior diety.  I myself am Agnostic, I am comfortable with the idea that I'm not sure what happened, what will happen, why things are.  I tend to follow the current scientific theories (note the term theory).  Science is continually improving upon itself, realizing that very few things can be proven as fact.  Science often corrects previous assumptions of many things, a few hundred years ago, the world was flat, and the Earth was the center of the universe...tell someone that now and youll get looked at like you didnt make it through Kindergarten.  My opinion on the beginning of time, the "first" human and what not tends to follow the theroy of evolution as it can be demonstrated in everday life, however through out my travels toplaces that i would rather not have gone, I have fouond little evidence for an all powerful and caring god as I watched my friend burn alive while his wife, daughter, and future son were waiting his return home in less than one month.  Sorry.....those are some of my thoughts, I am not a violent man, and I live a very moral life, however, I don't believe in God....but on the same hand, I would be open to believe if I had ever seen any evidence of him/her, I firmly accept the fact that I don't know.
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Atheists are usually people who center themselves completely in reality and to the laws of science. They don't believe in the devil (technically there isn't really a religion of "satan/satanism") but they just don't have a belief system. They might believe there are powers around them or powers higher than them, but most likely, these are people who are mainly focused only in the world of logic they see in front of their eyes. \nThey might give a harsh response if you were to ask them if they believe in god and why they don't believe in a god; but then, how would you feel if someone asked you something and tried to convert you into something you really didn't believe? You can't just think that Christianity/Catholic is the only religion out there and that everyone should experience it.
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Make sure you are prepared before you get into a discussion with an atheist.\n\ndba_gregg,Here is something for you\nhttp://www.godandscience.org
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Neither,\n\nI think Atheists are inherently good, display responsible morality and are involved with reason.\n\nAtheists:\n1) Think for themselves.\n2) Evaluate the REAL consequences for their actions.\n3) Involved in furthering the cause of mankind\n4) Know that if they screw up, no God will fix things up, so that's why they act responsibly.\n5) Use logic, reasoning, rationality.\n6) Have a NON-GUILTY genuine interest in mankind, as opposed to Christians who need to be pushed by the fear of hell-fire.\n\nAtheist can be much better people than Christians or any other believer because they do so out of pure interest for mankind and not because they will have a "reward" in heaven nor because they fear hell. \n\nThey use logic, rationality and reason and their guts feeling to know what's "right" and what's "wrong", so they are always in control of themselves, they can NEVER be manipulated by religion to do monstruous things because they don't act on blind faith.\n\nTrue responsible morality is one which always questions and comes up with it's own logical conclusions.\n\nAtheist are the BEST.
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Atheists are just free thinkers who do not choose to believe in the specific constraints of organized religion.  Many are open to the idea that a god like creature or creatures could possibly exist.  They just find it very hard to believe that (for example) the Biblical description of the universe makes any sense.
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You gotta figure that for yourself.  Weak atheist or strong atheist?  Implicit or explicit?  "I am without belief in gods", a negative assertion, or "I believe there are no gods", a positive assertion?\n\nPersonally I am without belief.
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Atheistic and philosophical.  Non materialistic.
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Agnosticism is a philosophy about knowledge. An agnostic says that the question of the existence of a god is unknown and unknowable. \n\nAn atheist does not believe in a god or gods. They do not have to say, "There is no possible way that there's a god," they simply have to not believe there is.\n\nThey can lack a belief in a god or gods as well. Babies, for instance, have no belief until they are taught to believe. \n\nI am an agnostic atheist. I say, "that the question of the existence of a god is unknown and unknowable," but I also say, "Even so, I have no belief in a god or gods," reason being that just because you can't know whether something exists doesn't mean you have to believe in it. \n\nPossibility of existence does not = likelihood of existence.\n\nThere are people that call themselves agnostic, and that is their right. It is not for me to say what they are or how they think. But in my own journey, I find that you either believe or you don't. If you believe, you are a theist/deist/etc. If you do not believe, you are an atheist. You can be either and be agnostic too.