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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When an atheist believes in atheism, what does the atheist believe is doing the believing?[/quote]

Atheist is the lack of belief in a deity. Atheists don't believe in atheism just as non-addicts are not addicted to non-addiction. [/quote]

But who goes around calling themself a "non addict"?

No one.  So your analogy

FAILS[/quote]

If we lived in a culture in which most people were addicts, the people who were not would distinguish themselves by calling themselves non-addicts[/quote]

I didn't grow up with religion so I have never defined myself in relation to religion (or lack thereof). It's not part of my culture at all. I only call myself an atheist on DCUM responding to atheist-bashing threads. -AO[/quote]

Per the analogy, you should call yourself non-religious.  Not atheist.[/quote]
NP.

But it's not just a lack of religion. One can not follow a religion and still believe in a spirituality; that's not what an atheist is or does.[/quote]

Agreed. No religion, no gods, no spirituality, no special forces (Mother Nature, karma, etc). [b]I don't really call myself anything IRL because it's not something I use to define myself. I'm just me. If someone were to straight out ask "do you believe in god?" I'd say "no", but I don't sit around thinking about how gods and religion do or do not fit into my life.[/b] Might be different though if you once did believe in god and are trying to differentiate what you thought before vs now. Maybe?  -AO[/quote]

Agreed.  I don't need a title for what I believe or don't believe.  The only time I even think about it is when I read a thread on DCUM.[/quote]

If someone asks what church you go to, what do you say?[/quote]

I'm the bolded poster and I don't think anyone has ever asked me what church I go to. Do people ask that? If someone did, I'd also just say "I don't go to church".  -AO
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Never experienced that.  Have lived in the south for many years[/quote]

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