Assertion: atheism | /r/HasProperty | the absence of belief
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: in gods
type: OTHER
value: merely
type: DEGREE
value: in a broad sense
type: OTHER
value: most inclusively
type: DEGREE
value: basically
type: DEGREE
value: by a creature
type: OTHER
value: more strongly,
type: DEGREE
value: without claiming certainty
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Atheism is the Absence of Belief in Gods: The broad, simple definition of atheism is simply the absence of belief in gods; atheism is not the absence of beliefs generally.
text: To be clear: Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.
text: Atheism is the lack of belief in a god and/or the belief that there is no god.
text: Atheism is, in the broadest sense, an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
text: Michael Martin and Paul Edwards have responded to criticism-as-faith by emphasizing that atheism can be the rejection of belief, or absence of belief.
text: Atheism is the lack of a belief in God.
text: Atheism is the lack of any belief in deities or higher beings in a spiritual realm.
text: Atheism (derived from the Ancient Greek ἄθεος atheos meaning "without gods; godless; secular; refuting or repudiating the existence of gods, especially officially sanctioned gods") is the absence of the belief that deities exist.
text: Once it is understood that atheism is merely the absence of belief in any gods, it becomes evident that agnosticism is not, as many assume, a "third way" between atheism and theism.
text: Atheism is the absence of belief in any Gods or spiritual beings.
text: Atheism is the lack of belief in gods; the absence of belief in gods; disbelief in gods; or not believing in gods.
text: Once it is understood that atheism is merely the absence of belief in any gods, it becomes clear that agnosticism is not, as many assume, a “third way” between atheism and theism.
text: Once it is understood that atheism is merely the absence of belief in any gods, it becomes evident that agnosticism is not, as many assume, a “third way” between atheism and theism.
text: Atheism is the absence of belief in gods; godlessness is the absence of gods and is generally defined as not recognizing or worshipping any gods.
text: Atheism is the absence of belief that any gods exist, the position that there are no gods, or the rejection of belief in the existence of gods.
text: In a narrower sense, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.
text: Atheism is simply the absence of belief in gods; anti-theism is a conscious and deliberate opposition to theism.
text: Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.
text: When defined more broadly, atheism is the absence of belief in deities, alternatively called nontheism.
text: Atheism is simply the absence of belief in gods.
text: Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.
text: Atheism is the absence of belief in gods.
text: while atheism is the absence of belief
text: While atheism is merely the absence of belief, humanism is a positive attitude to the world, centred on human experience, thought, and hopes.
text: Atheism is a lack of belief in any God and deities as well as a total denial of the existence of any god.
text: Simply put, atheism is a lack of belief in any gods.
text: Instead, atheism is simply a lack of belief in gods without necessarily claiming certainty on God’s nonexistence.
text: Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods, and from this atheists typically do not believe in any other supernatural forces or influences.
text: For them, Atheism is not an active disbelief in a deity or deities; it is simply a lack of belief in any of them.
text: Atheism being a lack of belief naturally has no doctrine or dogma associated with it and therefore makes no claims nor speculates on what happens to a person when they die.
text: Atheism can be either a lack of belief in a god or gods, or the active belief that there are no gods.
text: Where atheism is a lack of belief in God, agnosticism is simply saying we can’t know one way or the other.
text: First, if atheism is merely a lack of belief in God, then atheism is just a claim about the atheist’s state of mind, not a claim about God’s existence.
text: Second, if atheism is merely a lack of belief in God, then rocks, trees, and outhouses are all “atheists” because they too lack a belief in God.
text: Atheism is a “lack of belief” –
text: Atheism (or non-theism, which is broadly synonymous) is the lack of belief in the existence of God or gods or, more strongly, the belief that there is no such thing as God or gods.
text: Atheism is the lack of belief in gods; the absence of belief in gods; disbelief in gods; or not believing in gods.
text: Atheism is, in a broad sense, the lack of belief in the existence of deities.
text: Atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods.
text: Atheism is the lack of belief in god(s).
text: Basically, atheism is the lack of belief in a god, and/or the belief that there is no god.
text: So you’re now saying that atheism is the lack of belief in God by a creature that has the ability to form beliefs?
text: Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of gods.