Originally Posted by Ringman
Originally Posted by DBT
Atheism is neither a fixed position or a belief. It is a lack of conviction or belief in the existence of a God or gods based on a lack of evidence to support a justified conviction in their existence.....nobody argues over the existence of the World, the sun, stars, moon, etc.....it is about justification through evidence. Evidence is not something that this or that Holy Book happens to say is true.


This is erroneous simply because you are making a bold generalization. For some it is definitely a fixed position due to their nearly unshakable beliefs. They believe in spite of available information.


I'm not talking about how this or that person may see it, but the definition itself. The word 'Atheist' means 'absence of belief in God' so whatever additives some may happen to include are extraneous.

That's why there are distinctions of 'weak atheist' 'strong atheist' - the latter being more an ideology than simply atheism as a lack of conviction, as the word/term defines.