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10-08-2007, 12:45 AM

There are different classifications/levels/designations of atheists.
Some feel they have enough data to believe there is no god.
Declarative statement, there are very few.
Most just do not believe in a god. Non-declarative, not enough evidence.
But they do state that since there is not enough evidence to believe and one should not labor under the illusion that there is. The probability is that there is not and until evidence presents itself there is no reason to believe.
I have never met an atheist that will not say that they believe that there is no Christian/Jewish/Islamic God of the Bible/Torah/Koran, declarative statement.
Agnostics just do not care, they are neutral.

Some call declarative atheists hard or level 1 atheists.
Some call non-declarative atheists soft or level 2 atheists.

10-08-2007, 12:45 AM	#54
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	There are different classifications/levels/designations of atheists. Some feel they have enough data to believe there is no god. Declarative statement, there are very few. Most just do not believe in a god. Non-declarative, not enough evidence. But they do state that since there is not enough evidence to believe and one should not labor under the illusion that there is. The probability is that there is not and until evidence presents itself there is no reason to believe. I have never met an atheist that will not say that they believe that there is no Christian/Jewish/Islamic God of the Bible/Torah/Koran, declarative statement. Agnostics just do not care, they are neutral. Some call declarative atheists hard or level 1 atheists. Some call non-declarative atheists soft or level 2 atheists. Last edited by rkzenrage; 10-08-2007 at 12:51 AM.