Erik Dahl wrote: > I find this recent trend towards defining atheism as a religion of non-belief > very disconcerting. Instead of maintaining that atheism is "belief in no god," > or "belief there is no god," can't we say instead that it is "no belief in > god?" For me, at any rate, it is more about not believing in something than > believing in something opposed to something else. That has always been my position, the many times I've engaged in this kind of discussion. It's not a belief, it's a _lack_ of belief. I similarly don't believe that an invisible asthmatic squid is hovering over my lamp, as well. I don't know why this seems so difficult for some folks to understand. -- Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/