I Am An Atheist

So, your position is that neither the universe, nor life, were created?
Is that right?

The only ‘why’ question is: Why am I here?
That begs the question… it presupposes some sort of external purpose, when there’s no need to presuppose any such thing.
‘I am’ need not lead to ‘why am I?’
‘How am I?’ is a much more meaningful, and much less hubristic, focus.

I have no gods… in what way is that a nonsense?
Denial of what? There’s nothing for me to deny.
What have I denied?

Again you put words into my mouth...
I do not know if gods exist.
I do not know if gods do not exist.
I am agnostic on the topic… I do not know

It means what I said it means… I have no gods.

You then go on to put words into the mouths of all ancient Greeks
Yet here am I, an atheist and I have not said that I do not believe that gods exist.
I have not said that I believe that gods exist.
An atheist… and not a belief in sight.

You say that I am playing round with words, and yet you keep trying to conjure up from me a statement of belief, or disbelief, when I have not made any such statement.
Undaunted, you go on to make such statements on my behalf, or to gratuitously infer them from your own statements.

No proof either way, and no compelling necessity to even make the postulation.

I have no gods.

@newjaninev2
"So, your position is that neither the universe, nor life, were created?
Is that right?"

WRONG! Next. Actually, don't bother. I'm done with this silliness.

"The only ‘why’ question is: Why am I here?
That begs the question… it presupposes some sort of external purpose, when there’s no need to presuppose any such thing.
‘I am’ need not lead to ‘why am I?’
‘How am I?’ is a much more meaningful, and much less hubristic, focus."

So, according to you, every philosopher who has ever lived throughout the last 2,500 years (and more) has been wasting their time and has been suffering from hubris. Arrogant much.

"Yet here am I, an atheist and I have not said that I do not believe that gods exist."


And yet we have a clear and concise definition of what the word atheist means. We also have a very clear and concise contextual understanding of what the word atheist means. Clear and concise definitions and understandings that you feel that you are excluded from. Why?

Again, don't bother because, yet again, I'm done with this silliness.

@room101 So, what is your position?


Because I do not fit the definitions that you feel are so 'clear and concise'.

Hmm... either I'm not an atheist, or the definitions are simplistic.

@newjaninev2 I don't think that I have seen him say anything positive or agree with someone else's reply.

@softspokenman So true. He seems to exist inside an echo chamber of his own making, too afraid to actually explore reality.
When confronted with reality, he simply shuts down, switches off, and wanders away to somewhere he feels safe.

Two things I cannot stand in a man... timidity and discourtesy.

@newjaninev2 It is obvious that he has earned an A+ in discourtesy. 8)

@room101 Those are types of atheism, yes. That doesn't change the meaning of the word "atheism". Just like the existence of Christianity or Islam doesn't change the meaning of the word "theism".

@RoboChloe I'm confused. What are we arguing about here? The use of the original Greek meaning of the word or some other definition of the word?

If I'm talking about Christianity or Islam, then I talk about those belief systems. Not some ambiguous theistic system that may have absolutely no relevance to either.

@room101 The definition of atheism is, as I stated, the lack of belief in God. These other types of atheism you specified are all parts of the atheist community, but their mere existence doesn't have an effect on the overall definition of atheism, just like the existence of types of theism (religions) don't change the definition of theism. Atheism is clear. The types of atheism are not as clear, but that has no effect on the clarity of the definition of atheism itself.