Well there’s your problem, the meaning of words are compiled from common usage, did you not know this? Atheists like theists must adhere to those or their use of words becomes inaccurate and maybe even meaningless. Maybe you could start a dictionary of your own, though I fail to see what you’d gain if I’m honest.
Seem unlikely as all anyone would have to do is Google such words, and their commonly used definition would expose such inaccuracies.
Distinguish what from theists? Did you miss a word out there?
Nope, theists do this when the hold a belief that is predicated on faith and spiritual doctrine, rather than any objective evidence.
What a spectacularly stupid claim, the word belief is actually in the definition of doctrine, you really need to learn what these words mean.
It’s bizarre, but every time you tell me what I think, you are completely and utterly wrong. Given you don’t know me though, that’s hardly surprising as you are in no position to tell me what I think, beyond the fact that calling myself an atheist demonstrates, that I do not believe in any deity or deities.
Again they are synonymous, the word belief is in the definition of doctrine. You are talking utter nonsense. A belief is simply the affirmation of a claim that something is true, that not all beliefs are equally valid is axiomatic.
Try a dictionary?
Belief
noun
- an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.
Note the word especially, as if this is not universally the case for all beliefs see. Thus a spectrum of beliefs could easily be predicated on the preponderance of objective evidence that exists to support it. Ranging for example, from a belief based solely on subjective unevidenced personal experience, to a scientific fact like species evolution or the shape pf the earth.
no one is disputing that, what they’re disputing is your incorrect assertion that the views of those groups universally represent atheism, or even all atheists come to that. Atheism is simply the lack or absence of belief in any deity or deities. What atheists do say or believe doesn’t change that.
No it isn’t, and not it isn’t. A newborn baby is an atheist, it cannot be otherwise.