Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[JWeinCom]

RolStoppable said:

JWeinCom said:

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.

I like mine better because it describes an active stance and not merely the possibility to have an active stance or opinion on something. You could say that my definition is practical while your proposed second option is theoretical. When you look back on the definition for atheism that you gave Peh, you are talking about a position that a person has already thought about, so an active stance/actual opinion on the concept of god(s).

Yeah.  I guess you're right.  I definitely think of it as an active stance.