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baconeatingatheistjew wrote
]I define atheism as someone who has made a choice not to believe in god ...
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I have a niggling semantic point to make here. Choice? I don't feel as though I
chose to evacuate the theo-beliefs I was indoctrinated with, nor do I now 'choose' to be an atheist. It's not an option from a suite of possible choices, but a realization, a conclusion, my state of awareness, all derived from my experience and education (and perhaps genetic makeup). I think if it were a 'choice,' I could just as easily choose to believe in Gawd any time. It's not that I won't -- it's that I can't.
Sorry to butt in, but I find this is a point many theists fail to grasp.