Assertion: atheism | /r/HasProperty | belief
Facets:
value: about the existence of deities
type: OTHER
value: ipso facto
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Is atheism a belief?
text: If you think atheism is the belief that there are no gods, you should read the article What is atheism?
text: One of the most common accusations aimed at atheists is that atheism is an article of faith, a belief just like religion.
text: If atheism is a belief, then any conclusion we can’t be 100-percent certain of is a belief.
text: So is atheism a belief?
text: Atheism is a belief!
text: Therefore, your atheism is a belief!
text: (Overlooking the fact that atheists having beliefs is not the same as atheism being a belief.
text: But if it does, if denying God does indeed cause us to “throw away the compass” with Powys, to “wipe away the horizon” with Nietzsche, or to embrace “unyielding despair” with Russell, then, ipso facto, atheism is a belief because it has consequences.
text: There is one final powerful piece of evidence that atheism is a belief and that is its tendency to act as an identity marker.
text: The much simpler suggestion is that atheism is a belief and, just like other beliefs, ranging from the political to the religious, can indeed form part of a person or a community’s identity.
text: Atheism and theism are beliefs about the existence of deities, while agnosticism is about what we can know, and whether we should believe in things that we can’t know.
text: It is the opposite of theism, which is the belief that at least one god exists.
text: From there, "nonreligious" can be broken down into four categories: secularism (the belief in separation of church and state and that all beliefs are equal), agnosticism (the belief that it's impossible to know if there is a god), humanism (the idea that human reason drives us, not higher powers), and atheism (the belief that there is no god).
text: Atheism is the belief that there is no god.
text: It is the opposite of theism, which is the belief that at least one god exists.
text: Atheism is the belief that God does not exist.
text: Atheism is the belief that gods or other religious figures do not exist.
text: In short, atheism is the belief that gods or other religious figures do not exist.
text: Atheism is the belief that God, deities, and spiritual beings do not exist.
text: Atheism is the belief in the non-existence of deities.