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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 April 2011 13:26, Avi Greenbury <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@avi.co">lists@avi.co</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Liam Proven wrote:<br>
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On 5 April 2011 08:23, Basil Chupin<<a href="mailto:blchupin@iinet.net.au" target="_blank">blchupin@iinet.net.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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OK, what ARE you then? An atheist, a Buddhist, a Jew, a Hindu, a Taoist, or<br>
any of the other non-Christian faiths?<br>
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Atheism is not a non-christian faith. Atheism is not a faith at all.<br>
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Atheism is, generally, faith in the belief that there is no God. As opposed to merely not believing either way.<br></blockquote></div><br>There's a difference between not believing in god and believing there is no god. I can't remember who said that saying atheism is a religion is like saying not collecting stamps is a hobby, but he was right on the money.<br>