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Originally posted by nietzsche
Like TIO says watch the wording of your definition of atheism.
There are positive atheists which, as you said, assert that there is no god. Positive atheists are definitely in the minority.
Most atheists are negative atheists, the do not believe in the existence of a god.
Wording is important.
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I've never heard of positive and negative atheism before; I've always thought I was an agnostic. I don't believe that there is a god in the sense postulated by human religions; but I can't say for sure that one doesn't exist, because to do so I'd have to be omniscient and then there would be a God --- me.
I also believe in the value of the _concept_ of God, properly used, even if the old girl doesn't actually exist.
So where does that leave me, by these new terms? Am I a negative atheist?