Christians: In your honest, non-antagonistic opinion, why do you think that atheists are atheist?
I encourage Christians to answer honestly and Atheists to respond with correction or affirmation without either party taking things personally or becoming combative.
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The word "atheist" needs to be qualified. Christians tend to think that it's only a disbelief in their particular god, but in fact it's a lack of belief in ANY god. Christians are atheists in all gods except one... XD
@walabby A lot of religious people also think Atheism is the belief there are no gods, when really it's the lack of belief in gods. We're open to gods being real like we're open to unicorns being real.
@walabby [quote]The word "atheist" needs to be qualified. Christians tend to think that it's only a disbelief in their particular god, but in fact it's a lack of belief in ANY god. Christians are atheists in all gods except one... XD[/quote]
To be theist means having gods. It doesn't matter which gods, any gods, one god or many gods. To be atheist simply means not having gods. So, by your definition, if an atheist denies the Christian god for example, they aren't atheist if they have other gods. There's the flaw in the modern traditional misunderstanding of what a god is.
@BohemianBoo [quote]A lot of religious people also think Atheism is the belief there are no gods, when really it's the lack of belief in gods. We're open to gods being real like we're open to unicorns being real.[/quote]
Again, the flaw in the modern traditional misconception of what a god is. If you were shown proof of the Shinto god Amaterasu you wouldn't become theist. A logical atheist with an accurate understanding of what a god is, if such an atheist existed, could believe in gods and still be atheist.
