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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.
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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.