Re: Atheism doesn\'t have to be a belief!
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- It is simply a reaction to religion; a rejection
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Religion and atheism are both independent thoughts. Atheists deny God's existence; They aren't denying that religions claim God exists.
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I think it might have been hard for people to realize that others simply do not care about the question.
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People realize it. I think agnosticism is the word for it.
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My family is of East Asian descent; God in the western sense is largely irrelevant in their eyes, but they're not going to go out of their way to label themselves as atheists.
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Are you saying God in the eastern sense, as opposed to the western sense, is largely relevant to them? Wouldn't you still label your family as theists then?
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