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Ask An Atheist: Defining Atheism

By: Jim Downard

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By Jim Downard

How do yo define atheism?

SPO_House-ad_Ask-an-atheist_0425133Atheism is not believing in any god(s) or supernatural entities.

Everybody is an atheist already regarding all the god(s) they don’t end up believing in, full press Atheists simply add another name to their list.

Jim Downard
Jim Downard
Jim Downard is a Spokane native (with a sojourn in Southern California back in the early 1960s) who was raised in a secular family, so says had no personal faith to lose. He's always been a history and science buff (getting a bachelor's in the former area at what was then Eastern Washington University in the early 1970s).

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