• The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Then don’t. I don’t believe in any god. I just don’t call myself an atheist. I’m just not anything. If there was a survey of which religion I belonged to, I just wouldn’t check any box. Then I don’t have to associate myself with any group, I just am.

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      10 months ago

      That’s the definition of an atheist bro. A theist believes in a higher power and an atheist does not.

      • The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.ca
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        10 months ago

        “It’s odd that the word atheist even exists. I don’t play golf. Is there a word for non-golf players? Do non-golf players gather and strategize? Do non-skiers have a word and come together and talk about the fact that they don’t ski?”

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          10 months ago

          This is a pretty sad take from NdT, and it comes across as though he were attempting to dodge a question. Perhaps even to avoid being labeled, which is probably why you like it.

          If 99% of the population were golfers, and 1% weren’t, there would almost certainly be a word for the people who didn’t golf. Same applies to theists. Up until very recently it would have been considered quite unusual to not be a theist.

          Atheists did not decide on that label. The word is believed to have initially been pejorative.

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      10 months ago

      What the fuck are you spouting off about? The other comment was called out for not knowing history