Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoAtheists of lemmy what is a stereotype about us that is just not true?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down125
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareAtheists of lemmy what is a stereotype about us that is just not true?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squarebenderbeerman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoPerhaps that anyone of any religion is not also atheist. Anyone in any theology believes in only their deity, but doesn’t believe in the hundreds of other recorded, historical deities. Even the theists are atheists.
minus-squareBelzebubulubu@mujico.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoA-the-ism. “A”, lack of/without. “The(o)”, god. At it’s core atheism means that you don’t believe in god, any god. So no, believers can’t be atheists because they believe in at least one god.
Perhaps that anyone of any religion is not also atheist.
Anyone in any theology believes in only their deity, but doesn’t believe in the hundreds of other recorded, historical deities.
Even the theists are atheists.
A-the-ism. “A”, lack of/without. “The(o)”, god. At it’s core atheism means that you don’t believe in god, any god. So no, believers can’t be atheists because they believe in at least one god.