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Atheists of lemmy what is a stereotype about us that is just not true? (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That we have to have faith to be an atheist. Complete nonsense, of course.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Faith and belief are the root of all evil.

It is obvious if you look at the core definitions:

belief is the uncritical acceptance of a premise when no evidence for or against it exists or is immediately available.
faith is the uncritical acceptance of a premise despite the existence of evidence that invalidates it.

Both of these are used to make people ignore reality in favour of fantasies and lies. Because if something was a verifiable fact grounded in reality, it would require neither faith nor belief.