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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Mhmmm... not quite. To claim there is no god is gnostic (or strong) atheism.

Anti-Theism is the conviction that belief in a deity or religion is foolish and overall something bad for society.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Can you link me to something authoritative that shows that atheism makes the Positive Claim that "there is no god"? I've never seen that, and it seems wrong.

Here's my counter reference:

https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/about-atheism/

"Atheism is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about what a person believes. It is simply a rejection of the assertion that there are gods. "

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not just about atheism in this, it's about the gnosticism in combination.

Gnostic Theism = I am convinced by the claim there is a god. And I know my conviction is correct.

Agnostic theism = I'm convinced by the claim there is a god, but I don't know if I'm right about that.

Agnostic atheism = I'm not convinced by the claim there is a god, and I don't know if I'm right about that.

Gnostic atheism = I'm not convinced there is a god. And I know my (negative) conviction is correct.

Gnostic atheism is often also called positive, strong or hard atheism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_atheism

I'm a strong atheist myself, following this reasoning:

The "no arguments argument" for atheism:

  • (1) The absence of good reasons to believe that God exists is itself a good reason to believe that God does not exist.
  • (2) There is no good reason to believe that God exists.

It follows from (1) and (2) that

  • (3) There is good reason to believe that God does not exist.
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Absence of evidence is weak evidence of absence. Not strong.