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1. 🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸 (lednabwm@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 03:25:03 JST 🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸

   Yes, dear....

   • Michael (tacticalgrace_@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 03:24:52 JST Michael

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     • Menno

     @lednabwm @MennoWolff No. A lack of belief is not, cannot, and could never be, considered a form of belief. That's like saying you're a vegan who eats steak.

   • Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE (timwardcam@c.im)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 03:24:52 JST Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

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     • Michael
     • Menno

     @TacticalGrace_ @lednabwm @MennoWolff I don't know whether I am an "atheist" or not. It maybe depends a bit on whether an "atheist" is

     * someone who doesn't believe in a god

     or

     * someone who believes there are no gods.

     But I'm not sure I can answer either of those unless I hear a definition of "believe" and a definition of "god" that I can make sense of. This hasn't yet happened.

   • Michael (tacticalgrace_@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 03:24:53 JST Michael

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     • Menno

     @MennoWolff @lednabwm Atheism is literally a lack of belief, and thus cannot be, by definition, a belief system.

   • 🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸 (lednabwm@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 03:24:53 JST 🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸

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     • Michael
     • Menno

     @TacticalGrace_ @MennoWolff

     It's an absence of or zero belief as one could argue that "not belief" is a belief as in the meme. Though colloquially, you are correct.

   • Menno (mennowolff@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 03:25:03 JST Menno

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     @lednabwm
     Well, that's not entirely wrong. It is a belief system.
     We believe that resorting to magic as an explanation for almost everything is silly.
     We believe that there is a rational explanation for everything and that simple reasoning will get you there. And so far, it's been pretty darn successful.