How can you be an atheist if you don't believe in god?
If god does not exist in any form than you cannot possibly be an atheist.
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Actually, this person has a point, as obscured by logical convolution as it might be.
The real question of atheism is not whether or not God exists, but what the nature of God is. Theists believe God to be an omnipotent supernatural being, atheists believe God to be nothing more than a myth.
In one sense, belief that God is a myth does suggest that one believes God does not exist in any real sense, but one can never deny that the myth itself exists.
This is why atheists (including myself) get so irate when people say "But you're an atheist - what do you care about what Christians believe?"
I don't believe there are any gods, hence I'm an atheist.
If God does not exist (any neither do any other gods), then I am right.
If God does exist (or any other god does), then I am wrong.
Either way, I am still an atheist.
(There, that wasn't so hard now, was it?)
Oh shit, how can you even ask this ?
You ARE an atheist, if you don't believe in god. Holy shit, so much fail !!! We need a new word for fail this massive, like megafail, or permafail.
*cackles and squees with laughter* Definition of Atheist: one who doesn't believe in a deity.
Mina, too stupid for words.
"How can you be an atheist if you don't believe in god?"
Wow. Someone's sure confused.
"If god does not exist in any form than you cannot possibly be an atheist."
I don't think you've quite grasped this whole atheism thing quite yet. Go back and reread the definition a few times, then come back and try again.
God does exist in a 'form', as you put it, but that is the same 'form' that Superman, Arthur Dent and the Clangers exist in- they are fictional characters.
So yes, I accept that the concept of God exists. But God him/her/itself does not.
How can you be a Fundie if you don't believe in evolution?
If evolution is not true, then you cannot possibly be a Fundie.
Makes a little more sense than yours. Mostly because I used the right "then," but that's not the point.
More from MinaBeast.
Why do atheists define god as something they do not believe in and then argue its existence?
That is like me saying that a pine tree is really a piece of cardboard and then arguing against that being true.
Find a different definition of god and stop disputing it.
Morons...all of you.
There is much more there, please look it up it's funny.
There once was a saying about falling out of the ugly tree and hitting every branch on the way down. Somehow, that just wasn't strong enough, so I added "bungee jumping in the ugly tree".
This post needs a "Desperately Needs to go Bungee Jumpimg in the Clue Tree" Award.
God does not exist, according to atheists.
The concept of God will always exist, because it is a concept.
But let's apply your logic of 'concept' = 'literal thing existing'.
I have an idea, a plan, a 'concept' of a tank so huge it would crush the earth just by being there. Because I made the 'concept' the literal thing must exist, according to you.
Um, you obviously do not understand what an atheist is.
An atheist denies the existence of god.
It is actually quite easy to do.
I'm going to close my eyes and count slowly backwards from ten...When I open my eyes afterwards, this horrific display of human stupidity will be gone, and I may live with my faith in humanity intact...
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*opens eyes*
Aw, fuck. Seriously? Gods dammit all!
Why people, why?
You're thinking that atheists hate god and that there needs to be a god for us to hate.
but we don't hate god, god doesn't exist therefore we cannot hate him
Atheism = no god
Atheist = Person who does not believe in a religion/Person without religious beliefs.
Basically you are an theist if you don't believe in god because that is what an atheist is.
Judging from what they said, it looks like they think Atheists are religious
We need a new word for fail this massive, like megafail, or permafail.
Global Warming has started to melt the permafail. Likewise, the glacial fail repositories are half what they were a century ago. If this keeps up, our fail-sequestering operations will be utterly overwhelmed and we'll all drown in an avalanche of fail in less than thirty years.
Even though someone may have already spoken of this, go to the user who has this comment posted on his video. His two most recent videos are a dramatized presentation of the conversation this is taken out of. They are titled "Conversation With A Deist?!" or something to that effect. And as the name suggests, the commenter in question is a deist, not a Christian or Muslim. Still, it's rather comical.
How can you be an atheist if you don't believe in god?
Rather easily, actually
It is kind of the point of atheism not to believe in god (any god, that is).
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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