I thought atheists just don’t believe in God or gods?

[Anonymous]

I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

It’s confusing to you, clearly.

The rest of us realize an atheist can think more than one thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

It’s confusing to you, clearly.

The rest of us realize an atheist can think more than one thing.

So some atheists don’t believe in the supernatural, and some do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

Atheism does not have core tenets because it is not a religion or a school of thought. It is a simple lack of belief in God, as you state above. it is "a-thiesm" lack of belief in God, like "asymptomatic" means a lack of symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

It’s confusing to you, clearly.

The rest of us realize an atheist can think more than one thing.

So some atheists don’t believe in the supernatural, and some do?

That's not at all what pp said, which I think and hope that you understand. No atheist believes in the supernatural.

[Anonymous]

By the definition of the term, it would seem to mean simply only failure to believe in god(s). Studies of belief on non-religious people reveals a fair amount of beliefs in things that are supernatural. For instance you get 23% of atheists believing in god or a higher power, a slightly higher percentages believing in souls (and a majority of agnostics): https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/are-all-nones-nonbelievers/. You also get small number of atheists who believe in astrology or psychics: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/10/01/new-age-beliefs-common-among-both-religious-and-nonreligious-americans/.

This also varies a lot by country: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/centres/benedict-xvi/docs/benedict-centre-understanding-unbelief-report.pdf shows some countries with decently high numbers of atheists who believe in, for example, reincarnation or supernatural beings. Never a majority, but more than a handful.

I'm just focusing on atheists here, agnostics and other "nones" tend to have higher rates of supernatural belief, but even within the atheist community there's some supernatural beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

It’s confusing to you, clearly.

The rest of us realize an atheist can think more than one thing.

So some atheists don’t believe in the supernatural, and some do?

Please read what has been typed. You are correct that atheism is a position on only one proposition. But you can be an atheist and think other things. Stop trying to gish gallop past the points that have been clearly made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

It’s confusing to you, clearly.

The rest of us realize an atheist can think more than one thing.

So some atheists don’t believe in the supernatural, and some do?

That's not at all what pp said, which I think and hope that you understand. No atheist believes in the supernatural.

Then atheism is more than just no belief in God/gods, because God/gods are not the total of the supernatural world.

So atheism-despite protestations-is no belief in God/gods, and no belief in the supernatural world. Supernatural weans anything beyond the natural world.

Why the confusion? Are atheists not allowed to admit they don’t believe in the supernatural?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see tons of posts by atheists that state atheists also don’t think there is any world beyond the natural world, ie, the supernatural.

Is that a core tenet of atheism?

It’s confusing because many atheists have posted here that atheism just means no belief in a God or gods.

It’s confusing to you, clearly.

The rest of us realize an atheist can think more than one thing.

So some atheists don’t believe in the supernatural, and some do?

That's not at all what pp said, which I think and hope that you understand. No atheist believes in the supernatural.

Then atheism is more than just no belief in God/gods, because God/gods are not the total of the supernatural world.

So atheism-despite protestations-is no belief in God/gods, and no belief in the supernatural world. Supernatural weans anything beyond the natural world.

Why the confusion? Are atheists not allowed to admit they don’t believe in the supernatural?

Why the confusion?

Great question. Since YOU are the confused one, maybe you could enlighten?

[Anonymous]

Please read what has been typed. You are correct that atheism is a position on only one proposition. But you can be an atheist and think other things. Stop trying to gish gallop past the points that have been clearly made.

That's not at all what pp said, which I think and hope that you understand. No atheist believes in the supernatural.

I think it's a little funny that OP has been told they're an idiot for not understanding a comment by two people with opposite opinions about what it means.

[Anonymous]

9:28 says no atheist believes in the supernatural


9:19 says atheists can think more than one thing?

So it’s not uniform in the atheist community, because those are two atheists with different views about the supernatural.

[Anonymous]

I think the term is agnostic. They're not sure what God is the real GOD.

[Anonymous]

The entire point of being an atheist is that I am not following any "core tenets" laid out by some one else. I do what I think is right and moral and ethical. So I don't have a strong opinion on the supernatural and I also don't care if that bothers you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the term is agnostic. They're not sure what God is the real GOD.

I hear you saying that atheists can really be agnostic and believe that there is a real God, but they are unsure which God is the real God?

That really is confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire point of being an atheist is that I am not following any "core tenets" laid out by some one else. I do what I think is right and moral and ethical. So I don't have a strong opinion on the supernatural and I also don't care if that bothers you.

I am not bothered by it; just trying to learn.

There are atheists who say that no atheist believes in the supernatural, and others (like you) who don’t have a strong opinion about the supernatural world.

Then another atheist posted statistics and data that shows some atheists do have some supernatural beliefs.