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user-inactivated  ·  4057 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Don’t tell an atheist she’s not an atheist

Atheism, literally "without god." That's all that atheism is: a lack of belief in a god or gods. Some people do not understand how someone could have spiritual beliefs or hold a person of the past in high regard for their teachings without being a theist.