A question for atheists

Here are some definitions you might find interesting. (Definitions are taken from Wikipedia.com and are not my own)

Agnostic: A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.

Atheism: The theory or belief that God does not exist.

Theist: Belief in the existence of a god or gods, esp. belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.

Deism: Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind. Compare with theism.

there are others so please feel free to include the standard definition or your own as a comment. Thanks!

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[TheTomtompiper]

How certain am I that no god exists, not certain at all, maybe 6.5 how certain that your God does not exist 7. He has had 3,000 years to show himself and has failed, so it's a certainty.

[NegativeNick]

@TheTomtompiper I think people got the impression I'm religious. i'm not.I'm about as hardcore an Atheist as you can get. lol

[91jgphonecall]

i dont want to be anything. do i have to be? i dont know thats all i know for everything that eventually exist people come up with names for, but i dont care.

[NegativeNick]

@91jgphonecall yeah you kinda have to be something, whether you like it or not.that's just the very nature of labels, you have to identify with one of them, whether you like it or not. the trick is to self-identify rather than allowing others to label you

[Houdinitreehouse]

But back to my explanations for how I see myself. I wouldn't call myself an atheist, even though to others I might apparently be so. I think my 'beliefs' are in tradition of wanting detailed analysis and explanations for world phenomenon.

[NegativeNick]

@Houdinitreehouse are you one who thinks atheist is too negative a term to really be any good?

[MrEnrique223]

I believe 99.9% that god does not exist because it has exactly as much of evidence as the statement cameron diaz murdered elvis.

[iouakick]

my belief in god about is comparable to my belief in the tooth fairy, regarding the lack of hard evidence we have to support a god existing.

[MrSitemaster2]

@scottymcballer What if you're wrong and there are no god(s)?

[gethsoftware]

what is the sertanty that god does not exist? i am pretty sure. i am open for possiblibty. but right now it seemes that god does not exists is propable 1 to 1. ither god or gods exist, or they dont. its ither 1 to 1 that god or gods exist, or 1 to 1 that they do. i see no reason to belive that they exist. thus i seen no consivible way them to exist, thus it seemes to me that god exist 0 probality of 1. now culd god exist? some sort of god culd exist, yes. but i not convinced that it does.

[spareaxe]

Athiests don't believe ....it's just a stance against religious claims. You have to know what Atheisim is.

[wkrepelin]

Constructing a confidence interval for this sort of thing is not codified at this point so there goes "percent confident." I have seen enough historic evidence that I'm about as close as I can ever be to 100% certain no religion of man has ever revealed a god should it exist. Some form of god we've never pondered may exist but I don't know. I see no utility in such a belief nor evidence for it so I maintain skepticism. Most of man's gods are just absurd anyway.

[scottymcballer]

im also 99 percent sure none of u have even studied christianity or read the bible to get christianity athiest are lazy people who dont want to put effort in finding a god

[scottymcballer]

if there is no god what do u believe happens when u die if your wrong u will go to hell

[TheRationalist76]

@theunstopabletomato Lack of belief in a deity* So really, anyone can be an Atheist, they just don't have to believe in any form of God

[TheRationalist76]

My definition of Atheism is a lack of belief in a divine, supernatural being (deity)

No one can prove God doesn't exist, but you can't prove that a Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't either. It's really just being nearly certain, but you can't say you "know"