Aussie wrote on Mar 7
th, 2018 at 11:37am:
The_Barnacle wrote on Mar 7
th, 2018 at 11:18am:
Judging by some of the comments on other threads there seems to be some differing opinions on exactly what atheism is.
So what is atheism to you?
A belief that God does not exist.
That's positive atheism only.
"Negative atheism, also called weak atheism and soft atheism, is any type of atheism where a person does not believe in any deities but does not explicitly assert that there are none. "
A general description of an atheist that covers both is "A person who does not believe in God or gods"
That's different from Agnosticism, where the key word is "know" as opposed to "believe".
Personally I am an apatheist, so this will be my last post on the subject. I have a tendency to fall asleep when asked if I am an atheist or a theists. Neither position is important to me.
Maybe there is a God, and maybe there is not, but it's boring as sheet and life is too short.