Just to clear up what seems to be a nagging point, I thought we could define Athiesm in a handy, pocket sized thread to avoid communication errors in the future. So here we go
Atheism simply means a lack of belief in gods. It is a vague term, and for good reason as there are so many religious claims it is hard to be anymore specific.
Atheism is not a truth claim, It doesn't assert that there isn't a god or a god is not possible, it simply means we see no evidence for one/any.
Athiesm is not an ideology, you can be be a athiest nihilist, an atheist humanist, an athiest secularist, an atheist communist an atheist anything. All it means is that you lack belief in gods.
You could be an atheist and believe in ghosts, you could believe in an afterlife, you could believe in astrology, you could believe in Harry Potter. All Atheism means is that you lack belief in god.
Although Athiests don't assert that a god doesn't exist, they may refute certain claims as false, for instance Noahs flood or Adam and Eve, those claims we can say with certainty are false because of geological and mitochondrial evidence respectively (plus a lot more).
It is of course possible to deny these claims as a believer, Athiesm simply means a lack of belief in god.
And while we are here, Agnostic does not mean you are undecided about god, it means you are without knowledge, that is to say you don't know if knowledge can be obtained. You can be an agnostic atheist (you don't think it's possible to know god and you don't see any evidence for one) or you can be an agnostic theist (you believe there is a god but you don't feel it's possible to know him).
I hope this has helped, please feel free to add anything I may have missed.
Atheism simply means a lack of belief in gods. It is a vague term, and for good reason as there are so many religious claims it is hard to be anymore specific.
Atheism is not a truth claim, It doesn't assert that there isn't a god or a god is not possible, it simply means we see no evidence for one/any.
Athiesm is not an ideology, you can be be a athiest nihilist, an atheist humanist, an athiest secularist, an atheist communist an atheist anything. All it means is that you lack belief in gods.
You could be an atheist and believe in ghosts, you could believe in an afterlife, you could believe in astrology, you could believe in Harry Potter. All Atheism means is that you lack belief in god.
Although Athiests don't assert that a god doesn't exist, they may refute certain claims as false, for instance Noahs flood or Adam and Eve, those claims we can say with certainty are false because of geological and mitochondrial evidence respectively (plus a lot more).
It is of course possible to deny these claims as a believer, Athiesm simply means a lack of belief in god.
And while we are here, Agnostic does not mean you are undecided about god, it means you are without knowledge, that is to say you don't know if knowledge can be obtained. You can be an agnostic atheist (you don't think it's possible to know god and you don't see any evidence for one) or you can be an agnostic theist (you believe there is a god but you don't feel it's possible to know him).
I hope this has helped, please feel free to add anything I may have missed.