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To: TimF who wrote (11392)

2/18/2017 8:58:44 PM

From: koan

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Tim:"
That doesn't seem to be atheism to me. Lack of belief in "conventional religion" isn't enough to be atheism. Same with disbelieving all specific organized religions conventional or not. Also agnosticism is separate from atheism. Deism would also not be atheism by the normal definition of the word. ."

It is according to the dictionary.

All I am saying is I don't believe. There are believers, non believers and people in doubt. How can there be anything else?

a·the·ist

'aTHe?st/

noun

a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.

"he is a committed atheist"

synonyms:

nonbeliever, disbeliever, unbeliever, skeptic, doubter, doubting Thomas, agnostic;

nihilist

"why is it often assumed that a man of science is probably an atheist?"