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# I don't think you can equate being
an atheist with being religious. Atheism is merely a lack of belief in something surely?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:01, archived)
# You need antitheism
(I helped save b3ta! Bela Lugosi's Dad, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:03, archived)
# No I don't think so.
Atheist is believing that there are no deities and when you're dead your dead and living your life in accordance to this rather than letting it be guided by a church or by religious tenets.
Most people that say they're atheists are actually agnostic. When push comes to shove the chances are they'll start thinking or praying to a god.
I am an atheist and I don't think there is no god I know there is no god.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:06, archived)
# how was christmas this year?
second I believe you are slightly misinterpreting the definition of agnostic.

ripped from wikipedia:
"Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of deities, ghosts, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently impossible to prove or disprove. It is often mistakenly put forth as a middle ground between theism and atheism.[1]"

So there would be no real point 'when push comes to shove' that an agnostic would start to pray. I can't remember the term that is used to describe such a person though (*retreats from arguing further*)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:09, archived)
# Didn' celebrate it.
I worked. Although in the UK it's a national holiday and I normally do celebrate it I tend to spend it with friends and it's no way a religious celebration it's more of a celebration of friendship.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:11, archived)
# There is a big difference between "not believing" and "believing there is not"
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:10, archived)
# How about:
You think there is no God. Agnostics don't think there is no God, they feel there is no God.
...unless you really are dogmatic about it. Our language isn't really ready to accommodate the idea of being certain but fallible, unfortunately. The only attitudes we can easily express are "I am in doubt" or "I am an authoritarian shit".
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:10, archived)
# Agnostics are not sure or undecided
I'd say I was an atheist and boaderline nihilist.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:14, archived)
# See above edits.
Sorry about my habit of posting before I've decided what to write.
PS what's nihilism, according to you?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:16, archived)
# I think valid arguments could be made along the lines that atheists should be accorded the same compensation as religious people (and tend not to be)
but it's very rare you find a 'devout' atheist.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:08, archived)
# Oh no
There's a lot of us. Try googling it.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:21, archived)
# I don't think so, because what compensations could an atheist claim?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 9:25, archived)