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Old 10-04-2007, 02:33 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by filtherton
I know that this is a discussion that's already been had, but i seem to have forgotten. How is atheism lacking in faith?

I know it lacks a faith in a diety, but the idea that an atheist is a person without faith doesn't make sense to me in light of the fact that even the smallest balloon of a notion requires a little faith to blow it up.

I think therefore i am? That's circular logic. I think because i think is a clearer way of saying the same thing.

This atheism thing isn't as cut and dry as some would like to make it seem.
It is cut and dry. There's weak and strong atheism. Weak atheism, which describes the vast majority of atheists, understands that there is a near impossible chance that god exists, simply because one cannot prove a negative. Strong atheism is the absolute belief that god doesn't exist without even the smallest concession that one cannot prove a negative.
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