[Archon_Wing]

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Atheists deny God's existence

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I do not believe the sky is pink. But would you really assign a belief to me simply because I deny this? What would a person that does not believe in a deity and has never been confronted with the question of an existence of a deity fall under? To an athiest, both the sky being pink and a deity existing falls under the same thing.

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People realize it. I think agnosticism is the word for it.

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I disagree. Agnostics realize it, but it means that they have already been confronted with this possibility and thought about it. Some people may not have or have not given any real thought whatsoever despite being exposed to this idea.

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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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They may have various supernatural beliefs, but not necessarily a deity. My labeling of them is irrelevant; it doesn't affect what they believe. Their own labeling of themselves matters though. But if you were to ask them to label themselves as as a theist/athiest/whatever it just wouldn't occur to them naturally.

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it may not have as many tenets as the three major religions, but it is still based on a fundamental "belief."

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Put two random atheists together. Ask them to talk about what beliefs they have in common. What kind of conversation can they have about their beliefs, besides "Yea, God doesn't exist." ? It's even possible it doesn't even come up for discussion! Does it have much relevance to their life? If you put two Christians together, or two Anarchocapitalists I believe they will find more in common.

Edit: bad wording