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[WhoIsYou]

Is not having a religion atheism? because atheism is the belief that there are no gods. but what if you just don't believe anything, like you have the absence of religion? if you know what im saying. help me out. im in a moral dilemma. its been keeping me up for days. ive been pulling out my hair and fingernails, my eyes are bloodshot. my body is shaking constantly and i feel surrounded in a haze. im contemplating whether or not i should just go over in the corner and stand there so the shadows running around my room will not attack me. help me now please help i beg you if there is a god ineed you morethananything right now the room it spins its filled with things they dance around committing sins sins sins so sinister so very horrendous i feel the need to run away away no but i cant run they have me trapped in this corner they tease me they hide and when im about to run they appear with more of their friends than before please help now


what the fuck. ok but seriously. the question was a serious question. it has me bewildered.

I've had the same argument countless times, saying "nah I'm not an atheist because that's still a belief" or whatever, and so have a lot of other people (including yourself apparently).
Anyway, after looking into it further, I've come to the realization that we're all wrong, and that we are in fact, atheists. (Though I hate to say it, because I don't think everything should have to be labeled in such a way)

A belief that something doesn't exist is also just a disbelief, and the two definitions of the word support that:

1. the doctrine or belief that there is no god.
2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.

So, while the first definition makes it sort of a "belief" like a religion, the second shows that the word is also used for someone who simply does not believe in god (or supreme being).

Of course, that first definition being there still makes shit annoying as fuck, and could allow you to continue arguing that you're not an atheist and that you just don't believe in god, but there's really no point to it.

Not having a religion specifically would be more Agnosticism(In my opinion...). I'm Agnostic, I'm uncertain of a specific belief being right or proper, so I choose not to have a religion.

Not having a religion wouldn't make you agnostic (though someone who's agnostic doesn't necessarily follow a specific religion).
Agnostic would be more along the lines of being uncertain whether there is a "higher power" (see: god) or not. Basically thinking that there may possibly be one, but aren't sure as there's no real proof.

In other words, you're a pussy and don't want to say there is no god because you're afraid you'll go to "hell" if there is one. (<<< That's a joke -_-).

[xWhite_Shadowx]

Not having a religion wouldn't make you agnostic (though someone who's agnostic doesn't necessarily follow a specific religion).
Agnostic would be more along the lines of being uncertain whether there is a "higher power" (see: god) or not. Basically thinking that there may possibly be one, but aren't sure as there's no real proof.

In other words, you're a pussy and don't want to say there is no god because you're afraid you'll go to "hell" if there is one. (<<< That's a joke -_-).

I never said it actually WAS. I just said its more Agnostic than anything else, except Atheism but then that's not believing in god at all.