Ok if they invade i need one of these

I’m incredibly bad at using my brain

I can’t fundamentally agree that non-belief is the same as belief.

I don’t think “i do not believe in invisible unicorns” is making a positive claim even if you change the grammar around. If someone had evidence that supported the idea of invisible unicorns and i discounted that evidence, that would be an assertion on my part.

I believe that it’s true that there is no higher power and that when I die there is no aspect of my own consciousness which will continue to exist.

This can be used to make anything into a belief system, then.

I believe there are no invisible unicorns in the room with me right now.

In no way am i trying to say that people who happen to believe the invisible unicorns are wrong or bad in any way. Does that mean that my belief system is defined by this lack of belief?

Why is this in badposting it’s true

I agree and will remember to read further back when replying to comments i find browsing [comments] [new] to avoid future confusion

Trying to have a discussion removed from the context of the thread was a bit silly, that’s on me.

I don’t claim to have any informed opinion on religion in Iran or basically any country and will shut the fuck up

even if that belief system is defined as the absence of one it necessarily entails some positive assertions

I can’t think of one positive assertion that necessarily emerges from the lack of belief in a god or gods.

Just to be clear I’m not framing belief as a negative thing nor as something the requires replacement

I don’t think that’s the case and I’d prefer if you didn’t use this discussion as a springboard to make jabs

I’m not being intentionally difficult or pedantic when I ask this: how can the lack of belief be the same as belief?

Being insufferable isn’t a separate sect of non belief

I’m not talking about replacing someone’s religious beliefs fwiw.

I don’t understand what you mean, sorry

Atheism is just the lack of belief in a higher power i wouldn’t say it’s a belief system in and of itself

Edit: and hexbear, jfc you people are fucking idiots

Oh, shoot. Gosh darn it. We must’ve really messed up if they edited their post to call us names

Hexbear isn’t the lemmy support comm so asking that question in this thread can only be to cause a stir.

I kinda liked it until about half way

Yep. Well said

I love that tbh

Asking me a question then asking me “why did you say that?” When i answer the question is a really good bit but it is getting way overdone