Atheism

There is this famous quote from Richard Dawkins: “We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.“ 1/5

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It’s funny Ricky Gervais pretty much lifted this line and uses it in any set piece he has about himself and his lack of belief

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It’s also often attributed in a different form to Stephen Roberts: “I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours”. It’s a possibly ancient argument and not super original

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Entire essays have been written about the semantic nuances of both terms. Edgy teenagers on r/atheism like to harp on them. Their respective usage is also poorly normalized (some people even call themselves “agnostic atheists”). It’s all a bit tedious in my view

when i grew up, my mom was atheist and my dad was agnostic.

as i got older, i was like, hm.