Poll: http://www.conservapedia.com - people really agree with this?

[TheEvilCheese]

I came across this Conservative, pro-creationism wiki recently and was amazed to discover that it has so many users, when it clearly avoids facts and twists the truth just to make it's articles fit in with the conservative, creationist view. Now I have nothing against having your own beliefs but it certianly surprised me that so many people can beleive that athiesm is the "denial of the existance of God". I was worried when I looked at their article on evoltion: the first thing i saw was a huge picture of Hitler. And on the front page there were pictures linking Burack Obama to communism.
So my question is this: do any of you agree with these views? and if so why?

 

[Acaroid]

Well this is what everyone does when a large group tries to put there views accross, in anyway or form, just twisting information to fit what they think.

Atheism by meaning is the denial of god btw, it is the denial of any form of god and the belif in the absense of any sort of higher being.

I think it is called something else if you belive in god but not religion or you could be agnostic (which is something else again), or various other words people use lol.

So to awsner your question, Do You Agree That athiesm is the "denial of the existance of God", the awnser is yes, by dictionary definition of the word.

But do i belive in what those people wrote about....no, no I dont... your question in your poll and your question in your post are 2 very very different questions.

 

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in God or Gods. No more, no less.

 

[martin's a madman]

Atheism is a disbelief in Gods or Deities. You may be confusing it with Agnosticism.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

Fair enough, it was a badly set out question, but I am seriously getting woried about the state of the human race right now.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Wow. There really is a wiki for everything, isn't there?

 

[Antlers]

I think atheists are technically supposed to adamantly deny the existance of god. I think this is a particularly stupid definition, Webster or no Webster (although, in the online Webster dictionary it doesn't actually come up as that, unlike the one in my library that I checked after encoutering a particularly infuriating fundamentalist preacher one day). It basically makes everyone who isn't a fundamentalist an agnostic. Boring.

Obviously I'm not 100% sure that there is no god, or any paranormal activity. But I'm as sure as I can be based on my life experience and the complete lack of evidence to substantiate the claim. So I don't believe in god. That's it really. I'm an atheist. I'm damn sure not an agnostic, despite what some dictionaries try to tell me.

 

[John Smyth]

I don't really agree with anything in conservapedia but I do agree with the statement That atheism is the denial of the existence of God.

 

[Xvito]

I used to be an atheist, but now I really have to go with the old saying. "Never discuss religion unless you're looking for a fight". Of course I really like fighting so...

 

[Antlers]

What's the point? What is the point in saying anyone who isn't stupidly arrogant enough to claim they know 100% for sure that there is or isn't a god is just on the fence? That achieves nothing.

 

[lwm3398]

I thought it was the denial of a God, but it would seem it is just not believing in supernatural beings above humans. I learned something.

I don't dislike atheists, not at all, I just never really cared. I just gathered that they denied all gods. And isn't denying the same as not believing?

 

[avelmen1889]

im an atheist and in my opinion i don't deny people believe in god. i don't personally believe in him but thats not to say he couldn't exist. and seing as god is supposedly founded on the beliefs of people. should god be proved to exist wouldn't he not exist seeing as people know he exists instead of thinking he exists

 

[Antlers]

No it isn't the same as 'not believing'. Denying would imply that you know for certain.

 

[lwm3398]

Wow. There really is a wiki for everything, isn't there?

Yeah. And this is news to you? Hell, there's a Radiopedia. It's a collection of the info on radios from the 1900s to now.

 

[lwm3398]

No it isn't the same as 'not believing'. Denying would imply that you know for certain.

But a liar denies he did something. He doesn't not believe he did something, he knows he did it so he... de... nies... Oooooooooooooh. I see the difference.

 

[Scolar Visari]

A lot of Conservapedia users are just making fun of the people who really believe that garbage.

The others...?
Not so much, unfortunately.

Exactly.

Whether or not the creator(s) of this site intended to be serious is no longer relevant. The majority of its userbase is now people attempting to troll those who actually believe this shit.

 

[the1ultimate]

It does seem to be opposed to anything vaguely resembling facts. But if you start an online website for people who probably aren't big science fans and probably have a bee in their bonnet about one thing or another, then you'll get somethinglike this. Wikipedia tries to be factual, but this website shoves things in your face as though the writer is trying to make a point/prove their superiority.

That said, I have nothing wrong with the concept of conservapedia. It may just be inappropriately named for a site which attracts religious fanatics.

Regarding your question though, I don't really see why Atheism isn't the denial of the existence of god. Okay so maybe the wording is kind of... slanted for a purpose, but I think since many atheists actively deny the existence of god, arguing the point would boil down to some pesky semantics.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

No it isn't the same as 'not believing'. Denying would imply that you know for certain.

thank you, that is precisley what I was getting at in the irst place. have a cookie.

 

[Antlers]

No it isn't the same as 'not believing'. Denying would imply that you know for certain.

But a liar denies he did something. He doesn't not believe he did something, he knows he did it so he... de... nies... Oooooooooooooh. I see the difference.

Um ok. So by that logic if an atheist denies the existance of god he secretly thinks he exists?