Hi atheists, how do you define existence?

On the issue God exists or not, before anything else all humans must concur on what is existence.

I am theistic and I define existence as reality.

What about you atheists, how do you define existtence?

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yrger · 80-89, M

Hi PrincessOfHell, you state that reality is everything that can be empirically examined, by empiriclly examined you mean say, scientifically examined?

What about nonthingness, can you empirically examine nothingness?

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PrincessOfHell · F
I'd also say reality but to narrow it down i'd say it's everything that can be empirically examined.
Everything that exists without human consciousness is part of existence but not reality since reality needs a mind to process it.

PrincessOfHell · F

@yrger Empircally examined just means that you experience and see something while neglecting all theories and ideas that are just constructs.

Yes by not seeing something. Nothingness is just the absence of something. We might experience nothingness in death and could be compared to what was before we were born but who knows.