An atheist is free to say or to do what he likes, provided he does what he says and says what he does. A person practicing Positive Atheism does not merely profess atheism, but also acts as if atheism is true. This pulls atheism down from the dusty shelves of philosophy and metaphysics, and plants it squarely into the real world of everyday life. Before we explore how an atheist can act inconsistently with atheism, we will examine ways theist are said to act inconsistently with theism or, in other words, to act like atheists. It must be remembered that any discussion of theism gives the impression that we are working with a valid definition of theism.
Many atheists deny that there is such a thing as a valid definition for theism.
A few theists are also beginning to wonder about this. Theism, when it submits to a Scripture or Revealed Dogma, sets its followers up for hypocrisy. This is because a Scripture is usually a set of rules or laws, written in stone, for all people, for all societies, for all time. End of discussion. The only discussion to remain concerns how to interpret the words, never whether the Scripture itself is true or applicable.