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To: beavus
(1) Absence of a particular belief system is itself a belief system.

Atheists believe there is no God. That is a belief system.

13 posted on 06/04/2005 9:51:29 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa
Atheists believe there is no God. That is a belief system.

That doesn't contradict what I said. But since you posted the point, would you call 'not believing in a god', "atheism"?

17 posted on 06/04/2005 10:16:11 AM PDT by beavus
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To: Raycpa
Atheists believe there is no God

There is a difference between not believing there is a God, and believing there is no God. Many atheists are in the former category.

21 posted on 06/04/2005 10:26:24 AM PDT by Right Wing Professor (Most scientists I know don't care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists - Weinberg)
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To: Raycpa
Atheists believe there is no God. That is a belief system.

I don't believe you.

45 posted on 06/04/2005 4:21:56 PM PDT by Mushinronshasan
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