Is Atheism Just a Lack of Beliefs?

𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀?

Quote from the featured video:
"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘮, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘮."

The modern redefinition of atheism as merely "lack of belief" doesn't withstand scrutiny. Professional philosophers—including atheist philosophers—reject this redefinition and maintain the traditional understanding: atheism is the positive belief that God does not exist. The "lack of belief" framing attempts to shift the burden of proof, but it creates a logical problem. People also "lack belief" in things that demonstrably exist. The reason atheists compare their position to disbelief in Santa Claus rather than disbelief in Antarctica reveals the truth—they hold a positive conviction that God doesn't exist, not simply an absence of belief.

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 https://worldviewsummit.org

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssf5XN5o9q4
See 00:25:48+ in the featured video.

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