Pop quiz for athiests and theists alike....?

Magpie

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The facts:

I don't believe in gods AND I belong to a religion.

Question one: Am I an atheist?
Question two: Am I religious?

Please provide answers to both questions and state your faith/non-faith.

Thanks in advance.
 
1. Yes. That is actually the only thing all atheists have in common: they don't believe in gods.
2. Yes. That is implied by belonging to a religion.

I am an atheist with buddhist tendencies. I wouldn't call myself religious (just as I wouldn't call myself a buddhist) but would call myself a spiritual person. Not spiritual in the ghosts and dryads kind of way, but simply recognizing I am connected to the world around me in a firmly non-metaphysical way.
 
You are a religious atheist, most likely one of the tribal faiths that has both theistic and atheistic members OR one of the faiths with no concept of a deity/s of its own. They're not too terribly uncommon in some parts of the world.
 
you say you don't believe in GODS but do you believe in God our Lord?? If so, then you are not an athiest. I only believe in one God...my God. I'm of the Pentecostal faith. Yes, you are religious.
 
Religion requires you to believe in a deity or deities. You can't NOT believe in a God(s) and be religious.

Atheistic Buddhists are just following a philosophy. However if your definition might be different.

1. Yes

2. No - if you take the literal definition.
 
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