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| | Strong atheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Strong atheists who believe that the existence of a certain deity is impossible commonly claim that the combination of attributes which the Christian God is purported to have (for example, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, transcendence, omnibenevolence, etc.) is logically contradictory, and therefore, the existence of the Christian God is a priori impossible. | | | Some people who classify themselves as strong atheists base their views on this belief, which may in turn be based on a variety of things, such as the lack of a consistent, meaningful definition for what a "god" is or the unfalsifiability of many theistic beliefs. | | | Another argument for strong atheism as opposed to weak atheism is that refusing to believe in the nonexistence of gods while believing in the nonexistence of ghosts, Santa Claus or the Invisible Pink Unicorn is inconsistent. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_atheism
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| | Atheism - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Atheism is not synonymous with irreligion; the idea of an eternal non-created universe is an important concept held by some members of religions and philosophies such as Buddhism and Taoism. | | | The term atheism\ is formed of the Greek prefix a- (meaning "without" or "not") and the Greek-derived theism, meaning a belief in a god or gods. | | | Some distinguish between a narrow, strict category "strong atheism" (the explicit rejection of the existence of gods) and "weak atheism" (a lack of belief in gods but no explicit rejection). |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/a/at/atheism.html
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| | ATHEISM: |
| | Atheism is not a religion in the sense that Christianity, Islam, and, Judaism are. | | | Atheism is confined to one factor: the existence or non-existence of a deity. | | | Atheism is not generally perceived as offering a complete guideline for living as do most religions. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/atheist.htm
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| | Atheism - Psychology Central |
| | Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of gods. | | | Strong atheism may be based on arguments that the concept of a deity is self-contradictory and therefore impossible (positive ignosticism), or that one or more of the properties attributed to a deity are incompatible with what we observe in the world. | | | Agnostic atheism is typically contrasted with agnostic theism, the belief that deities exist even though it is impossible to know that deities exist, and with gnostic atheism, the belief that there is enough information to determine that deities do not exist. |
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http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Atheism
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| | The Atheism Web: Definitions of atheism |
| | atheism Disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of a god. | | | Note that the OED definition covers the whole spectrum of atheist belief, from weak atheism (those who do not believe in or credit the existence of one or more gods) to strong atheism (those who assert the contrary position, that a god does not exist). | | | The word is made up of 'a-' and '-theism.' Theism, we will all agree, is a belief in a God or gods. |
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http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/sn-definitions.html
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| | What is atheism: About Atheism |
| | The individual discovers their lack of belief in a god or gods by way of examining the definition of and the beliefs surrounding the existence of a god or gods. | | | Weak Atheism: Stating that you do not believe in a god or gods. | | | Strong Atheism: Asserting that God does not or can not exist. |
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http://www.atheistempire.com/atheism
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| | StrongAtheism.com |
| | Atheism and strong-atheism refer to the word "god" just as much as theism does, so everyone must have a clear position on what he means when he says "I believe in gods", "I do not believe in gods", or "there is no god". | | | No. Atheism (also called "weak atheism") is a lack of belief in the existence of a god or gods. | | | The definition of "god" - The divine attributes we use as a framework for atheism. |
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http://greves.comdotnet.com/strongatheism/intro.html
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| | The weak and the strong |
| | Some people think that atheism is a rejection of gods (or even their particular god), some others that atheism is a form of belief. | | | In fact, atheism is commonly defined as disbelief in the existence of gods. | | | Weak-atheism is disbelief in gods, but strong-atheism adds something more : it is also a belief that gods do not exist. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/7748/42661
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| | Atheism |
| | Strong atheists will point out, for example, that they don't necessarily assert that there are no gods (how does one define "god," after all?), but that the particulars of any entity known as God and worshipped by any human religion can be disproven, or at least shown to be highly illogical. | | | Some people (disparagingly) call atheism a "religion," as much a matter of faith as believing in a deity. | | | A case can be made for calling strong atheism a form of faith, since strong atheists, in effect, have "faith" (meaning they accept something as true without proof) that there is no God. |
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http://www.amadan.org/atheism/terms.html
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| | Fredrik Bendz' philosophy: Atheism and agnosticism |
| | Basically atheism (a=lack of, theism=belief in gods) is only lack of belief in a god godess or gods. | | | Strong atheism is a positive claim: "I believe that it is true that god does not exist" | | | Atheism deals with belief or rather lack of belief, while agnosticism concerns (lack of) knowledge. |
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http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/philo/atheism.htm
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| | Atheism, Agnosticism and Pascal's Wager |
| | A strong agnostic says that knowledge of god cannot be known for certain. | | | A strong atheist is not merely "without theism," but asserts that God does not exist. | | | Atheism is untenable, to know for certain there is no God would require complete knowledge of everything. |
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http://www.caseagainstfaith.com/articles/pascal.htm
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| | [Understanding Atheism and Agnosticism] A180.net |
| | There is "strong" atheism (also known as "positive" or "explicit" atheism), which is a positive belief that there is no God. | | | There is also "weak" atheism (also known as "negative" or "implicit" atheism), which is defined as simply a "lack of belief" in God. | | | Unlike the strong atheist, the strong agnostic would not declare adamantly, "There is no God!" but would claim that we cannot know either way whether any kind of God or gods exist. |
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http://www.a180.net/atheism_agnosticism.html
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| | Atheism |
| | Atheism is: not believing in the existence of gods. | | | Some theorists make a difference between weak and strong atheism, where strong atheism means a belief that gods don't exist. | | | I don't believe in Santa, goblins, ghosts, gods or any hereafter. |
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~nantko/atheism_en.html
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| | #atheism Glossary |
| | Strong atheism, also known as hard or positive atheism, is a postive belief that no gods exist. | | | The majority of atheists in the world are weak atheists, although a significant portion of those are weak towards gods in general and strong towards specific gods. | | | There are, however, a number of doctrinal issues that one normally associates with Christians, such as belief in Hell, divine inspiration of the Bible, trinitarianism, et cetera. |
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http://www.eskimo.com/~cwj2/atheism/athgloss.html
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| | Introduction To Activistic Atheism |
| | The language we urge is that atheism itself is the lack of a god belief, but that many atheists go much further than this, just as theism is the belief in one or more gods, though some theists hold their belief vaguely or indifferently while others adamantly insist that a specific god exists. | | | Ayer's position presupposes that atheism is the belief that no gods exist (the strong definition for the word atheism). | | | To state that atheism is, at minimum, the simple lack of a god belief is called the weak definition for the word atheism (sometimes called negative atheism). |
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http://www.positiveatheism.org/faq/faq1111.htm#WHATISATHEISM
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| | Atheism - introduction |
| | Some people think that atheism is a positive belief that god does not exist. | | | Also this argument can be reversed by saying that to claim that there is a god would require knowledge that there is nothing in the universe which prohibits the existence of gods, which would be impossible. | | | First of all, atheism in the broad sense is only disbelief, not belief. |
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http://www.objectivethought.com/introa.html
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| | Dialogue with an atheist who says he knows there is no God. |
| | Matt: But you must concede that your claim to strong atheism (that you know there is no God) is not logical. | | | A strong atheist states that there is no God. | | | Atheist: As to religious arguments I haven't found one that can stand up to the logic of atheism. |
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http://www.carm.org/dialogues/knowsthereisnogod.htm
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| | New Web Project Espouses 'Strong' Atheism Francois Tremblay (Reply) (8-04) |
| | If we assume that they are right, that "atheism" means "the assertion that God does not exist," then the prefix "a-" alters the root to mean "a strong assertion that (the root) does not exist"! | | | When I do, I will be sure to reference the source of the idea, as much of this will surely be new to my presentation. | | | I am a "weak" atheist in the technical sense, when pushed for a well-thought-out statement of my views on the matter, but I am about as "strong" as they come in the pragmatic sense of how I live my life and what is usually taking place within my mind! |
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| | StrongAtheism.net - Your Number One Stop for Atheistic References - Arguments and Discussions |
| | Strong Atheism is the proposition that we should not suspend judgment about the non-existence of a god or gods. | | | More extensively, it is a positive position against theistic values, semantics and anti-materialism, a rational inquiry in the nature of religious thought, a new way of thinking about religious and spiritual issues. | | | The interested, perplexed, or enthusiasts are encouraged to join our message board to present questions or to engage in further discussion with authors and guests. |
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http://www.strongatheism.net
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| | 'Strong' Atheism |
| | That means I take the positive position that God does not exist, and I accept a certain burden of proof for that proposition. | | | My own apologetics for strong atheism can be found at http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/~hostuart/why.atheism.html Cheers -- Chris Ho-Stuart | | | Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission |
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