I’m getting tired of people suggesting that atheism is a belief in the same way that faith is a belief. Atheism isn’t a belief, it’s an absence of belief. The word “atheism” shouldn’t even exist, just in the same way that no word exists for “not a fireman”. Or “not a believer in astrology”. Religious normativity has labeled atheists as believers because they idea of not believing is so far removed from the norm that it’s considered impossible. Atheism isn’t a thing, and labeling yourself as one opens you up to that type of false criticism.
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It’s not a lack of belief; it’s specifically a lack of belief in God. If you don’t believe in God but you believe in fairies, then you are still an atheist. The word exists only to describe a lack of belief in God, and if you do believe that God exists, then relatively speaking, an atheist has a “belief” aka unverified theory that there is no God. Ultimately, we cannot prove this either way.