Why is there a word for someone that doesn't believe in God?
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Because they are lost and living a life without purpose. Without the ultimate goal of Christ and the knowledge of His kingdom what point is there to life. I feel so troubled for those who are lost and are living in the dark. I pray my light will shine brightly for all to see. \n\nTo answer your question directly, why is there a word for such a person? So they may know who they are. Where they are in this world. Who they are without. It is not to pole fun or humiliate, but to educate. Every single person will be faced with choice to accept or reject Christ Jesus. I have made my choice. I AM A CHRISTIAN. Now it is time for your choice. You will either deny or accept Him there is no maybe or I'll do it later. By saying any such thing you are making the choice to deny Him. It is time for your decision, will you deny or accept Him?
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an agnostic is someone who only questions faith, but does not really believe it themselve
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We are ALL born atheist, that is "without belief in gods".  That's called "implicit atheism".  Even if we're programmed to "search" for something to worship (which I highly doubt, by the way), we BEGIN without any actual knowledge of deities.  We are, by default, without belief and therefore atheistic.
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Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of deities.t is commonly defined as the explicit (i.e., conscious and deliberate), positive rejection and denial of theism; however, others—including most atheistic philosophers and groups—define atheism as the simple absence of belief in deities.\nAgnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning "without" and gnosis, "knowledge", translating to unknowable) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities — is unknown or inherently unknowable. \n-Wikipedia\n\nTo put them in simpler words, an atheist is someone who flat-out doesn't believe in a god or gods.\nHowever, an agnostic is someone who isn't certain on the existence of a god or gods, but they might say, "Show me proof there is a God or Gods and I'll believe you."
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An atheist does not believe in God.\nAn agnostic assumes that there is not enough evidence in either direction to make a clear decision on believing or not.\n\nAgnosticism can also be defined in these ways:\n\nThe view that the existence of any god is unknown at present. \nThe view that any god's existence is unknowable. \nThe view that theism is incoherent (see ignosticism.)
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"Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of any deities."\n=> Wikipedia\n\nI suppose it's because atheists disbelieve in the concept of a god in any sense, so people think they are deluding themselves or something.\n\nAlso, as atheists do not have a comprehensive value system like Christianity or Buddhism, they are automatically deemed by some to be immoral - although this is an unfair accusation.
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an atheist believes that there is no god:\ntheist: believes in god\na: prefix meaning "not"\n\nIt is not a good or bad thing; people can be good or bad seperate from religious beliefs.  Charls Manson believes in god, but that does not make him a good person, just like Archbishop Desmond Tutu DOES believe in god and IS a good person.  SOme of the kindest people I have met are atheists.\n\nJudge people by their actions to you and others, not by what others tell to to believe.
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Because they like to believe God doesn't exist, that way there is no judgement for their sin
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Believer and non-believer is the division made by human beings to express their intolerance of a person having a faith different from ones own. God has no choice between the two. All are same for Him.
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The dictionary defines pagan as either non-religious, or non monotheistic.  Most commonly, however, pagan is used to describe something or someone as non-religous, non-Christian, or man-made (such as a man-made belief/tradition/doctrine).  \n\nAn agnostic is someone who either believes in a supernatural being (or God) but this being has no power, control or influence over the person's life (or life in general); or it can be someone who does not believe that there is an intelligent being who made all things and influences life. (or an atheist, if you will)\n\nA non-believer is similar to an agnostic/atheist, but may have been acquainted with or was a part of a religion that no longer believes. (or an apostate, if you will)\n\nHope that helps :)\n\n\nalso to answer theist:\n\nA theist is one who believes that there is a higher being, but does not believe the supernatural factors in religion.  Some agnostics could be considered a theist.  I suppose there are two forms of agnostics....\n\nWe might need a chart... lol
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Agnosticism is a philosophy about knowledge. An agnostic says that the question of the existence of a god is unknown and unknowable. \n\nAn atheist does not believe in a god or gods. They do not have to say, "There is no possible way that there's a god," they simply have to not believe there is.\n\nThey can lack a belief in a god or gods as well. Babies, for instance, have no belief until they are taught to believe. \n\nI am an agnostic atheist. I say, "that the question of the existence of a god is unknown and unknowable," but I also say, "Even so, I have no belief in a god or gods," reason being that just because you can't know whether something exists doesn't mean you have to believe in it. \n\nPossibility of existence does not = likelihood of existence.\n\nThere are people that call themselves agnostic, and that is their right. It is not for me to say what they are or how they think. But in my own journey, I find that you either believe or you don't. If you believe, you are a theist/deist/etc. If you do not believe, you are an atheist. You can be either and be agnostic too.
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The terms come from Greek.\nGnosticism is a historical term for various mystical initiatory religions, sects and knowledge schools which were most active in the first few centuries. These systems typically recommend the pursuit of mysticism or "special knowledge" (gnosis) as the central goal of life. \n\nthe "a-" prefix in Greek means the negative/un-/not \n\nA-gnostics were opposed to this...as such that includes Christianity.\n\nTheists, believers in a god (not necessarily the Christian God), have only this in common.  \n\nA-theists, only reject the one proposition, ie that God exists.  Atheists aren't all necessarily rational, ethical, logical, or anything else. \n\nGeneralizations and assumptions about all theists are just as invalid and unwarranted as generalizations and assumptions about all atheists.
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Your assumption is incorrect. Atheism does *not* mean that you know for a fact that there is no God without a possibility of being mistaken. Atheism is simply a belief that there is no God.
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I think you may have your terms a little off.  \n\nAn agnostic is someone who feels that the belief in a diety cannot be proven therefore his or her own belief is one of ambivalence. They don't necessarily have faith, but they don't necessarily deny God's existence either.  They are simply saying they don't know.  \n\nA person who has a belief in a diety, but feeling the existence of that diety, or it's characteristics is unknowable would be a mystic.
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Someone who is against religion is called "unreligious" or "irreligious". An antitheist COULD refer to someone who is against religion.\n\nAn agnostic is someone who neither believes in any specific deity, nor denies any specific deity's existence. Agnostics are neutral or undecided in terms of religion.\n\nSomeone who is jaded is void of emotion or is incapable of love.\n\nNon-denominational is a type of Christian that does not conform to an organized denomination of the Christian faith (i.e. Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Baptist, etc.), and interprets the Bible individually as he/she feels the Bible is supposed to be interpreted.\n\nSomeone who is anticlerical is someone who opposes the influence of religion in political affairs, and supports the separation of church and state.\n\nA materialist is a philosophical term that can be coined as someone who is similar to an Atheist's view of religion, or it can refer to someone who believes physical well-being and material possessions are the greatest good and of the highest value in life.\n\nAn apostate can refer to anyone who has abandoned their religion, or their their political party, or principles, or a cause.
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No, it doesn't make sense. It's another (of many) reasons people have non-belief. Why would anyone want to believe in a higher power that would punish them, even if they were good people and led very positive lives, just because they didn't acknowledge the existence of or worship that higher power? Not appealing to think the common example of a god is thinking "I don't care how wonderful you are, since you won't bow to me I'm gonna punish you". *shakes head*
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Theoretically, if they are saying the phrases you describe then they are not actually atheists. how can someone you don't believe in damn anything? Seriously I don't get especially annoyed by this one thing that atheists do but there are other things such as being illogical and pigheaded which usually bother me more!!