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But there are no metaphysical claims necessarily associated with atheist, merely a lack of certain metaphysical claims: namely the existence of deities. I do admit, certain metaphysical claims are frequently made by atheists, but it’s not quite the same. In this context, how would you define...

Communism may not be a religion, but it is an ideology and belief system, which atheism is not. Atheism isn’t anything, it can’t motivate or prohibit behavior like a religion, philosophy, or other ideology. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it's an ethos.

I’ve only ever seen one or two self professed atheists claim to have absolute certainty that no gods exist, compared to scores of atheists I have seen who say that they can’t know for sure. Unless a poster comes here and says that they are an atheists and that they are certain that no gods...

This is incorrect. Atheism is not a positive assertion of anything. It is the lack of belief in god or gods. Nothing more. If someone came up to you and said that they had seen a fairy, you likely wouldn’t believe them, but probably couldn‘t say with absolute certainty that there are no fairies...

There are so many things I could respond to here. I guess I’ll just start with my own thoughts regarding secular vs religious morality. Without a religion or higher power, how would we come up with our morals? Well, the same way we do now: a mix of humanism, utilitarianism, cultural biases, and...

I am creating this thread to avoid a tangent on another thread. I will quote some relevant posts below: We can continue the above conversation here and soon I will reply with my thoughts on the topic.