Atheism doesn't have to be a belief!

[beeny]

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in your previous thread someone said atheism wasn't a belief system b/c it is based on a lack of belief (i think that was the argument). i view it more as believing that god doesn't exist, which is still a belief. perhaps i'm just making a semantical argument here, but i don't see how it makes sense to say that atheism isn't a belief system. 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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In this case your nonbelief in the FSM, tooth fairy, santa claus, etc. must also be a belief system. Must the rejection of every nonverifiable claim that comes down the pike be considered a belief system?

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I do not believe that you, revots33, exist. Isn't that a belief system? To what extent can you verify/disprove my claim?