Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[JWeinCom]

RolStoppable said:

JWeinCom said:

The Jets have the second highest point differential in the NFL, which clearly proves they are the second best team.  Checkmate.

But, on topic, the considerations of babies and stuff can't necessarily be shelved.  Once we agree that atheist does not mean "not a theist", we have to decide how we should define atheist.  We can define it in such a way that would include such things.  I'm arguing that we shouldn't, because that's not really what we mean when we're talking about atheists.

An atheist has a grasp of the concept of god(s) and does not believe in the existence of god(s).

I would basically agree with that.

The only quibble I would have is whether we should say "has a grasp of the concept of god(s), or "has the capability to grasp the concept of gods".  

Like, if there was a person in some remote culture that truly has no concept of god, I don't know if I would classify them as an atheist or not.  Although, I'm not sure a culture like that exists, so it may be a pointless distinction.  But yeah, otherwise, I'd agree with that.