Reply #53: So It Isn't A "Fact idea or concept"? [View All]

[SPKrazy]

I understand it is the absence of belief in god(s)

but isn't it often stated here that there is no proof of god, so god doesn't exist?

isn't that a fact, idea, or concept that is believed?

otherwise, what is it to have no belief? (other than acceptance of a fact, idea, or concept)

I don't think this is saying anything other than along with an atheist having an absence of belief in god, that they in fact have a "belief" which is acceptance of the fact, idea, or concept of there being no god.

does this not make sense?

if not, then while I respect the statement that atheism is non-belief, I would have to say I don't understand it then and never will by that standard-even the "null theory" is acceptance of a fact, idea or concept