Let's keep it simple

[babylonsfalling]

Sounds like most of what you have encountered are what some call Agnostic Atheist. <----No such thing** They don’t declare that there are no gods, but the don’t hold a belief that there are any.** <–That’s agnostic…no qualifiers needed A person that declares there are no gods is sometimes called a “Strong Atheists” <—That’s atheist…no qualifiers needed (which you called “Genuine Atheism”) and my encounters of such people have also been rare.

I think in giving the example of the behavior that describes the people you have encountered more effective communication has occurred; with that piece of information its easier to resolve what persona is being discussed than if only a label were shared since we don’t all use the same semantics for these terms.

Mostly, what I’ve encountered in “atheists” are just people on a temporary hissy fit about God, many of whom are just kids or very young adults still mad and mom and dad for making them go to church on Sundays.

 

[ThinkingSapien]

Mostly, what I’ve encountered in “atheists” are just people on a temporary hissy fit about God, many of whom are just kids or very young adults still mad and mom and dad for making them go to church on Sundays.

The responses that you injected into my text further confirms my original thought, that the labels will lead to mis-communication because people don’t use them to mean the same thing.

 

[babylonsfalling]

The responses that you injected into my text further confirms my original thought, that the labels will lead to mis-communication because people don’t use them to mean the same thing.

That’s because despite their use of the word atheist, atheists don’t really want to be atheist, which I certainly don’t blame them for.

 

[StrawberryJam]

That’s because despite their use of the word atheist, atheists don’t really want to be atheist, which I certainly don’t blame them for.

How can you believe this? Is belief something that means you can jump to any type of conclusion you wish to?