30 What IS an Atheist? (Part 3)

While I do not expect most of my atheist critics to acknowledge it (which is why this constant dance is necessary), I think it is well-established now that atheism is faith, as is theism, and that each time the atheist retreats from their faith-postulate that God (or god/s) does not exist, their position of retreat is agnosticism, not atheism. The advantage of agnosticism is that it is fully defensible, not faith. Socratic ignorance is the human condition, but to move forward we have to take a position, which requires faith, whether as an atheist or as a theist. This week we examine the last-gasp claim that atheism is a lack of belief in god/s, which atheists assert in order to deny that atheism is faith. We show why this attempt fails logically. There is, however, a fascinating way to understand this proposed definition that may salvage it, offering a new perspective that concentrates attention on the definition of ”faith” in the theist/atheist debate that may yield fruit for discussion and understanding.