Atheism: disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
God moves in a mysterious way — William Cowper
Well, that opening post is... embarrassing. — Banno
180's reply is about all that one could do with such a poor opening - try again, 3017. — Banno
Assuming 180 has a substantive claim that Atheism is a logically supportable position — Hanover
Assuming I came to the debate not knowing whether to vote for Atheism or Theism and today is election day, who do I vote for based upon the respective positions submitted by our candidates? — Hanover
The following definition, I thought, was agreed to by both of us:
Atheism: disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
Quite so, it is a conclusion based on evidence, and having been concluded, by most folks is set aside. If theism amounts to a belief in something - an X - then experiment with substituting various things for X and see how silly it gets. Belief, then, as constitutive of anything as real, real in the ordinary sense, is foolishness. But beliefs we do have. It is the incumbent on anyone who cares for sense in his or her life to give some thought as to what beliefs are actually good for, and how and why.Atheism is not a lack of belief. — Foghorn
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