So, what do atheists believe?
Don't tell me you never had this question asked to you, subsequently to your, usually politely, explaining to whoever asks about your religion, that you're an atheist and do not believe in any god; you're an atheist and do not believe that a god exists; or whatever combination of words you choose.
That's pretty much how it goes.
Even people who know that atheists do not believe in a god will sometimes still assume they share a common set of beliefs or principles, and have common political tendencies.
"So, what do atheists believe?", is their question.
If you ask me, I've had a wide variety of comebacks, depending on my mood at the moment, most of them facetious, but most likely, after explaining that atheists (as a group) do not have a common set of beliefs, I say that *I* believe in love, in humanity and our good faith... just to keep it simple... because, quite frankly, we don't "believe" in science - we find it verifiable. We don't "believe" in the universe and its wonders, we have seen them through amazing telescopes. I guess you get my point.
So what do you, fellow atheist, believe in, or what do you think is the best answer to this question?
Side note: This discussion is focused rather on the best comeback to the question in it, which in this specific context, is always asked as "opposed to your non-belief in god, what do atheists believe?"
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on -
I forgot. I stand corrected. The discussion's been going on for a while and I guess I lost track somewhere along the way.
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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Low on -
I believe in rationality. Specifically, important words need definitions. Otherwise public discussion reduces to expressions of bias and emotionality.
I also believe it isn't rational to dismiss written history. I don't doubt the Old Testament. I just don't find it to be relevant to me. Furthermore, there isn't any rule book out there. We all have to figure out what life means for ourself.
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Permalink Reply by Angelo on
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We all have to figure out what life means for ourself.
It might have a meaning for you, but without God, it has no objective meaning.
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Permalink Reply by Dylan Pritts on -
Advocating Christianity is off topic...Stay on topic troll!
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on
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How can objective meaning come from a myth? I would think that is almost the paradigm of unobjective "meaning."
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Permalink Reply by james d on -
We all have to figure out what life means for ourself.
It might have a meaning for you, but without God, it has no objective meaning.
can you back up that claim? or are you just spouting something you heard someone say?
please, we are intelligent people here looking for a reasonable response to the questions posed to you, yet you continue to tell us we are boring yet provide no evidence to support your claims of god other than the bible tells me so... there are reasons that is a song taught to kindergarten children!
thanks
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on
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Normally "objective" means "factually the case." What is there about a belief in God that makes the meaning of life an objective fact, or based on objective facts? In other words, what makes the meaning of life empirically true, and therefor verifiable?
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Permalink Reply by Angelo on
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please, we are intelligent people here looking for a reasonable response to the questions posed to you,
the initial question was made to YOU, atheist, not to me, theist. Would YOU mind to answer ?
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Permalink Reply by james d on
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the initial question was made to YOU, atheist, not to me, theist. Would YOU mind to answer ?
if you read my posts, i have answered you a few times now what i believe. not all atheists believe in the same things as not all christians believe in the same things. what exactly are you looking for? the word has been defined for you, a basic explaination of what a few of us believe in has been provided to you. are you looking for a book of atheist doctrine? don't bother as there are none!
we will agree that people who come on here with an attitude of superiority as you have deserve little attention, yet we are gracious to those who ask and will continue to give you answers you will continue to ignore and then claim persecution though you are on an ATHEIST website preaching the love and ignorance your god forces you to preach while claiming to love us while treating us like babies with your infantile responses to the real questions we ask you over and over again.
thanks
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on
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You're right. She was talking to atheists, not theists. You have no standing here.
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Permalink Reply by Dylan Pritts on
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Congratulations, you've ruined a perfectly innocent thread. You've clearly misunderstood what it was that Monica asked. I suggest you read over the original post again, or better yet, translate it into Portuguese so you can better understand the context of the post in your own language.
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