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Do you have any preconceived notions about atheists?

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dontbeakoala · 26-30, M
even though by definition i might be an atheist i go by agnostic theist because i don't like the connotations that come with being one. because all the famous ones get famous on being inflammatory or just being assholes which i highly disagree with.
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@dontbeakoala I go with agnostic atheist because that's what holds weight for me. People, in general, can be assholes, atheist or not.
dontbeakoala · 26-30, M
i think i have that image in my head because i watch youtube videos a lot....when you search atheist you get these very smug/inflammatory people.
i go with agnostic mostly because i am open to have my mind changed by an iron clad consistent argument and theist is just there because i find the concept of god entertaining....but i also find the concept of us living in the matrix interesting as well, both cant be disproved or proved.
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@dontbeakoala [quote]both cant be disproved or proved.
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This is exactly my argument for being an agnostic atheist and not agnostic theist. Proof is not demonstrated by the lack of evidence of its non-existence; it is proven by evidence that supports existence. A lack of evidence/proof can be found for [b]everything [/b]that does not exist.
dontbeakoala · 26-30, M
oh i just use theist to avoid the word atheist nothing more, don't want to put into a box when i say "ashiest" because of famous dumb people who i find to be just super dumb. especially since most of them for some reason have certain conservative stances.
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@dontbeakoala Actually, there are a number of liberal atheists in the US and UK. Many of them are quite intelligent. I'm not sure who these "famous" atheists are but sounds like they are a vocal minority in a limited setting.
dontbeakoala · 26-30, M
could be that that's only on youtube,also some people build there identity out of atheism as well just like how religious people do it, which can be very obnoxious.