Belief

The Atheist Identity

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It may(or may not) surprise you to discover that most atheists are men. According to Pew, about two-thirds of people that identify as atheist (I think that includes agnostic as well) are men and the other one-third consists of the other 71 genders. Okay, a poor joke. Of course, it’s women. Why is that? It’s a question that has been asked by a lot of different people over time and no actual consensus has ever been made. There are some ideas as to why this is true, but none that seems to satisfy those that believe in the strict equality of the sexes (or genders).

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Are Atheists Really Agnostics?

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I don’t think too much about being an atheist. For me, it is what it is. When someone asks me what I believe, I tell them, matter-of-factly, that I am an atheist and do not believe in any gods. Note the key word there is believe. It is a verb, which describes an action, in this case, accepting something being true. What does this really say? It says that I don’t know for sure there are no gods, I just don’t believe there are. I don’t think anyone knows for certain whether there is a god or gods and that would make us all…agnostic, wouldn’t it?

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Losing Your Belief

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I really never realized how much content existed on youTube. By that I mean, the variety. Inn the past, I used YouTube to find out how to make some home or automotice repair. I never really thought of it as a source of education or entertainment, even though I knew people that did. Recently I have discovered how much I’ve been missong. ill probably write more about it in the fiture but right now I want to focus on one particular topic: Atheism.

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Believe it, or Not

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Being atheist doesn’t imply anything other than what atheism really means: a non-belief in god(s). Sometimes believers take us to be not just spiritual non-believers, but people that don’t believe in anything. Every time I hear that, I just shake my head: Are people really this stupid? That question was rhetorical.

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Defending Your Belief

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I have this friend who just happens to be a christian pastor. Yes, he knows I’m an atheist and the one good thing about the both of us is that neither of us hold belief/non-belief against each other. I sometimes send him videos Find on Youtube that I think are compelling arguments for or against something with his belief. some of them delve into very complex ideas and try to make them understandable for we, the hoi-poli. One of the recent videos I emailed him concerns the idea of the Trinity in christianity and where it came from. This caused, how shall I say, a bit of consternation with my friend.

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