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Lord_Shadow
04/18/18 9:08:18 PM
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
04/18/18 9:08:59 PM
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There is a science to it. It isn't believing in something that doesn't exist, this has evidence.
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Kazi1212
04/18/18 9:09:32 PM
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Yea, atheists arent necessarily materialists, they can believe in ghosts and shit
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FighterStreet
04/18/18 9:11:50 PM
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Kazi1212 posted...
Yea, atheists arent necessarily materialists, they can believe in ghosts and shit

no they cannot
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Kazi1212
04/18/18 9:14:29 PM
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FighterStreet posted...
Kazi1212 posted...
Yea, atheists arent necessarily materialists, they can believe in ghosts and shit

no they cannot


Why? Isnt atheism by definition merely a rejection of theism? Believing in ghosts isnt necessarily under a theistic belief system, they may think ghosts are as natural as the universe
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FighterStreet
04/18/18 9:26:12 PM
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Kazi1212 posted...
FighterStreet posted...
Kazi1212 posted...
Yea, atheists arent necessarily materialists, they can believe in ghosts and shit

no they cannot


Why? Isnt atheism by definition merely a rejection of theism? Believing in ghosts isnt necessarily under a theistic belief system, they may think ghosts are as natural as the universe

Theism is broadly defined as the belief in the existence of the Supreme Being or deities
a deity is any supernatural force

really, it's just semantics. Most atheists don't believe in supernatural stuff. they believe in science and evidence. believing in ghosts is pretty strange though, to begin with.
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_Near_
04/18/18 9:29:38 PM
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FighterStreet posted...
a deity is any supernatural force


Eh, more like a supreme supernatural force.

I think people make distinctions between ghosts and gods. Though it's hard to come by an atheist who believes in ghosts, some definitely believe in past lives, zodiacs, and auras. These things are supernatural, but they are not god. While ghosts come closer as actual personified manifestations of the supernatural, I think a distinction can still be made.

But yeah, it's lots of semantics.
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FighterStreet
04/18/18 10:26:02 PM
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_Near_ posted...
FighterStreet posted...
a deity is any supernatural force


Eh, more like a supreme supernatural force.

I think people make distinctions between ghosts and gods. Though it's hard to come by an atheist who believes in ghosts, some definitely believe in past lives, zodiacs, and auras. These things are supernatural, but they are not god. While ghosts come closer as actual personified manifestations of the supernatural, I think a distinction can still be made.

But yeah, it's lots of semantics.

there are really two types of atheists

those who grew with religion and moved past it from life experience

and those who grew up without religious parents. so they hunt for meaning in life and starting believing in crazy shit like zodiac signs, ghosts etc
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prince_leo
04/18/18 10:27:16 PM
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I suppose so
I have a friend who doesn't believe in god but believes in karma. it's weird but you do you
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