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[quote=Anonymous]I see this thread is many months old and pages long so I'm not sure where it came off the rails but I had to weigh in.  Atheism is simply lack of a belief in a god(s).  It's not the absolute claim that no god exists.  It's not a moral code.  It's not a political party.  All it is is taking a look at the evidence out there for god and judging it not to be sufficient to merit a belief.  That's it.

I'm not sure how the OP and others don't "get" atheism.  The proof for a god is ambiguous at best.  Millions of people believe in god?  Great, millions of people also believed the earth was the center of the solar system.  There is a book thousands of year old talking about god?  Great, just because something is in writing doesn't make it true.  You prayed and something good happened in your life?  Things will happen in your life regardless of whether or not you pray.  Correlation does not mean causation.  Humans apply skepticism to outrageous claims everyday but religion gets a pass.  It's bizarre and fascinating at the same time.  For some people, just taking it a face value that a guy died and rose again or ascended up to heaven on a horse is not going to work.     [/quote]

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