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    Quote Originally Posted by Subteigh View Post
    Atheism does not require a belief, essentially.
    Based on the image you posted, only "implicit atheism" (which is the dumbest position of them all as per the image) would meet that requirement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mclane View Post
    Based on the image you posted, only "implicit atheism" (which is the dumbest position of them all as per the image) would meet that requirement.
    I'm not sure what your point is. Your position was that atheism required a judgement call - this is not the case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by squark View Post
    What your chart calls implicit atheism is normally just termed agnosticism. Dictionary definition: "a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God"

    It's most common to work with just the 3 categories when discussing, or it gets rather convoluted and people end up referring to entirely different things in their discussions. These categories would be: belief (theist), disbelief (atheist), and no opinion (agnostic.)
    Agnosticism is a position about belief regarding god/s - it does not equal "no opinion", but an explicit "no opinion" position would be agnostic ("I choose to neither believe or disbelieve in the existence of god/s").

    Wiktionary:
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    agnosticism (countable and uncountable, plural agnosticisms)

    1. The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
    2. The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
    3. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
    4. (by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
    A person at birth lacks a belief or view about "God", so cannot be considered to be agnostic.

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