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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

You want to get into colloquial application? Here's some colloquial application

Here's some more. If you know who Rationality Rules is and don't like him, then it's worth noting that this came out before his controversy

Here's some more

One more.

Here's some more. That page lists both definitions.

Colloquially, I call myself an atheist. That's not an ideology, it's just an answer to the question of whether or not I accept the claim that there is at least one deity.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Colloquially, I call myself an atheist.

You're really just making my point for me. You're deeply ideological and heavily invested in Atheism as a philosophy.

Agnostics generally don't get this worked up. One reason why "Militant Agnostic" isn't a thing.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I'm not invested in atheism, I'm invested in correcting people when they say wrong and stupid things. Am I deeply ideological and invested in the definition of "spam," because I put 10 times as much effort into that one comment thread as I did this one? Nah, it just annoys me when people are wrong about things, and the more steadfastly you adhere to your stupid ideas, the more it annoys me

Especially when I continue to think of new and unique ways to explain my position, and instead of saying "I never thought of it like that, but that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!" You fuckin people continue to give me notifications saying inane shit like "the fact that you still think I'm wrong actually means I'm right"

What would it even mean for me to be ideologically invested in atheism when I've made it absolutely crystal clear that my definition of atheism involves no claims of knowledge one way or another?