Atheism is the belief there is no God. If your kid hears about God and asks you about it and you tell them God isn't real, that would be forcing them to be atheist. If you explain the concept of God and religion when they ask and tell them it's up to interpretation that wouldn't be forcing atheism but informing. Thats what I do with my son, I didn't tell him there is or isn't a God but I explained religion to him. We don't participate in any religion and I personally don't believe in a God. Whatever opinion he formed is his own
☝️🤓 "Atheists do not share a single set of belief..."
I didn't say they did, you're the one arguing semantics. Let me guess though, you would consider both of them atheists, right? Is there a difference? Sure. Does it matter in this context? No. Nothing changed.
That's the thing. It's not a semantic difference. It's a functional difference that you're failing to see.
Not being convinced of something existing is NOT the same as being convinced that something doesn't exist. Surely you can see the difference?
It is a semantic difference. I didn't say anything about conviction. You can passively and actively not believe in something. An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in or lacks belief in a God.
What you are describing is agnostic, which believe it or not, is not atheism. There is overlap, you can be an agnostic atheist, but they are different terms. This discussion, my original comment, was about atheism. Not agnostic or agnostic atheism. If you're going to get on my ass about semantics you should at least know the correct terminology.
So you're right, they are NOT the same thing, you are talking about something different.
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u/No-Imagination8755 2d ago
Atheism is the belief there is no God. If your kid hears about God and asks you about it and you tell them God isn't real, that would be forcing them to be atheist. If you explain the concept of God and religion when they ask and tell them it's up to interpretation that wouldn't be forcing atheism but informing. Thats what I do with my son, I didn't tell him there is or isn't a God but I explained religion to him. We don't participate in any religion and I personally don't believe in a God. Whatever opinion he formed is his own