Ask an Atheist.

I have no problem with that definition. The reason I ask for clarity is I have seen streaks of agnosticism to various degrees in some "athiests".
Because the terms are not mutually exclusive.

I don't believe in God (and in response to AlCosta, I don't need a reason for that - what's your reasoning for not believing in invisible flying teapots?), but it's also true that I don't know if there's a God, so I'm also agnostic by some definitions of that word.
 
Well it is one of the main things about atheism that really irk me.:)
I've never known atheists to say God offends them. They don't believe in God.

And if you are comparing to muslim countries, the US is a Christian theocracy then?
 
Last time I checked, god worship was not the definition of religion.

So what is it then? Name me some other religions that have no gods.
 
Okay Yeeek; we all know why you act like a good person when you expect consequences for your actions (punishment, reward, etc.). What's your theory on why we have consciences, though, and why do you let your conscience bother you?

In other words, why is your morality not only logical but instinctive as well?
 
Last time I checked, god worship was not the definition of religion.

Well, technically, atheist is someone who does not believe in deities, including gods. Usually though not always, atheists tend not to be religious either.
 
Can one believe in the supernatural and still be atheist?
Can one believe that there are superior supernatural entities (soul-eating demons, etc.), and still be an atheist?
Can one believe in an afterlife and still be an atheist?
 
@El_Machinae

Because our specie is the most evolued since life started to evolve on this planet. Has it been proved that other species canno't feel the same way we do but in a different manner?
 
Can one believe in the supernatural and still be atheist?
Can one believe that there are superior supernatural entities (soul-eating demons, etc.), and still be an atheist?
Can one believe in an afterlife and still be an atheist?

I think that if someone is truly an atheist, then he don't believe in any of the things you've listed.
 
Can one believe in the supernatural and still be atheist?
Can one believe that there are superior supernatural entities (soul-eating demons, etc.), and still be an atheist?
Can one believe in an afterlife and still be an atheist?

No, no, and no.
 
I would answer Yes, Yes, Yes - atheism is about not believing in God, there's no "truly" about it. Though in practice most atheists would answer No to these.

Things such as ghosts have nothing to do with God.
 
Okay Yeeek; we all know why you act like a good person when you expect consequences for your actions (punishment, reward, etc.). What's your theory on why we have consciences, though, and why do you let your conscience bother you?

In other words, why is your morality not only logical but instinctive as well?

All primates and most mammals have some kind of empathy trait. The reason why babies look cute is pretty much hard-coded into yoru brains by millions of years of evolution. Tribes that work together outlast tribes that do not. Remember that evolutionary survival means survival of genes and not survival of individual organisms.
 
As an atheist, why do you think people like you equate atheism with liberalism?

-A conservative atheist.
 
@AlCosta,

Because i believe in evolution, that life started naturally and evolved through the era way beyond our comprehension of the universe. I believe that life forms can spawn then evolve through the ages wherever it can be possible and not because of divine intervention or a holy god decided it was to be that way.

For instance, why aren't the disonaurs not mentioned in holy books? They inhabited this planet far longer than us. What about the big bang, did a single god created all of this?

I don't believe in miracles either, when men couldn't explain why storms formed over their heads and lightings set on fire forest they had to find out why. What was the sun, the moon, the stars. Religions started like that, because men were asking themselves what were they. Thats my view on it.

Lastly, i understand why people need to have faith in a god, that he is watching over their shoulder. If it is helping them living better that is good for them. I am happy for them. I went through different state, when i was a young boy, i thought there was a god, not necessary a christian, or jew, or muslim, or whatever. I thought there was someone with immense power. Then i grew up, learning why and how. And then, i witnessed death, i learned what was death, and i saw death. Thats when i learned there was nothing after your last breath. At least i believe so.

Every life must end at some point, thats the way it is, why should 'we' human be blessed by the divine creator and graced by a built up just for us, heaven while other life forms can't have it?

I believe in evolution, I just believe God made it start and he planned for it to happen. I also believe God made the Big Bang. That's the thing, us Catholics don't take every single word of the Bible literally.
 
I would answer Yes, Yes, Yes - atheism is about not believing in God, there's no "truly" about it. Though in practice most atheists would answer No to these.

Things such as ghosts have nothing to do with God.

I disagree. Atheism is not about disbelieving one specific "God", but disbelieving that specific deity along with all other supernatural bullfeathers. I would not consider someone who believes in some Greek mythological monster "athiest", for example.
 
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