Posted February 09, 2010
barleyguy: The difference between strong atheism and weak atheism is the level of faith. A strong atheist has faith in his/her belief that there is no god. Just like a strong theist has faith in their belief that their definitely is a god.
Arteveld: Ohm, then let's add "medium", "true", "hardcore" and such? Come on, "i'm a level 10 atheist, therefore i'm more faithful than you"? Levels of faith are dumb.;P barleyguy: It does not mean they are stupid. Many strong atheists are aware that they are taking a faith position, just as many theists are aware that they are taking a faith position. Often that position of faith comes from a particular set of life experiences that "proves" to a particular person that there must or must not be a god.
That's not what i've said, please read in the context of what was said, and what i've commented, which was Navagon's: "Strong atheists claim outright that there is no god. Weak atheists simply don't have any belief in god(s). "
Thank You.
Sorry for misunderstanding what you were saying. I thought that you were implying that all strong atheists are fools.
BTW, as far as atheism not being a religion as someone else said, there are in fact organized groups of atheists. What is the criteria for being a religion?