Comment on (Religious) What would i be labeled?
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
You are correct. Atheism is the belief (ironically) that there is no divinity.
I think what you describe (not really caring and leaning towards there not being divinity) would be called atheist-agnostic.
Someone who does think there is divinity but doesnt really care would be a deist-agnostic.
These are more complex concepts than I’m painting them to be, but if you Google them you can see if they fit the way you see yourself.
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t think that’s strictly true. The lack of belief in something isn’t a belief. By that logic, everyone would be a believer in the infinite things that don’t exist, which is silly.
Believing god is blue with 10 arms or an old white man, or a moon beam is a belief. Having no belief in any of those things isn’t an alternate belief system the same way an empty pie tin isn’t another form of pie.
Do some take the extra step and say something like “it’s impossible for there to be a god!”? Sure, but I think most atheists instead find 0 evidence of god, and therefore find it very unlikely.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
An atheist who finds cero evidence, but does not believe (or assert) there is no divinity, is not an artist, they are an agnostic-atheist.
I don’t think it matters. But belief in there being no divinity, is by definition: a-theism (no-god)
Side note: Everyone is a believer in things that do not exist. Like perfect geometry, or the value of paper money.