Why Do People Automatically Believe That Atheism Is The Equivalency To Nihilism?

Why do people automatically believe that atheism is the equivalency to nihilism?

Postby ArianaRBanach » 27 Jan 2011, 13:00

Atheism is just the denial of conventional religious beliefs,not the denial of existence. Why do so many people always claim that atheism is the denial of existence?
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Re: Why do people automatically believe that atheism is the equivalency to nihilism?

Postby JohnLDehaven » 27 Jan 2011, 17:36

I've always asked the same thing. Some people assume that, if you're an atheist, then you think everything is meaningless. It's annoying.
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Re: Why do people automatically believe that atheism is the equivalency to nihilism?

Postby FrankieBig » 27 Jan 2011, 21:28

lack of intelligence
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