Obama talks Atheism in the US and Science

[Nem]

WolfpackN64 said:

Nem said:

These are religious terms. They make no sense to begin with. Its just a way to give religious people a defense mechnism. Atheism is the belief there is no God. But alas, that isnt a belief. Theres no belief system. The default position is to not believe in things that aren't proven. These are terms pitched by religious people to say "Oh, that is YOUR belief". It's not. Its the lack of.

If it makes you feel better, its the same thing to just say Atheism isnt a thing. We are all Atheists or Agnostics. Pick Agnostic if it makes you feel better, but at the end of the day its the same thing. It's just feigning neutrality.

You really are the light of the party. No it's not the same thing. They're distinctly different. I'm not agnostic because I think I'll be agnostic all my life. I'm agnostic because atm, I'm not adhering to any religion or belief system and because I'm certainly not an atheïst.

Fine. Why aren't you an atheist then?