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And it requires a leap of faith, just like other religions.

Partial disagreement. There are two varieties of atheism, strong and weak. Strong atheism positively asserts that there are no Gods. This is indeed a leap of faith.

Weak atheism, on the other hand, is the case in which a person does not believe in the existence of any deities but does not explicitly assert that there are none. This is not a leap of a faith, but instead a lack of it.

8 posted on 12/27/2017 8:52:48 AM PST by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

Pretty good take on atheism, but there are more than 2 “varieties”.


17 posted on 12/27/2017 9:10:44 AM PST by Conservet (Look back to go forward.)
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To: Simon Green

“Weak atheism” seems to match the definition of an agnostic?

An agnostic neither believes nor disbelieves.


20 posted on 12/27/2017 9:23:05 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Simon Green

Agnosticism is something you’d look at as different than either strong or weak here? Interesting how you put it.


44 posted on 12/27/2017 3:24:40 PM PST by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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