but some of we nonbelievers may take your comments as an insult.
Hi Isaac: My intention was never to insult anyone. I do realize that some on this board are atheists. JH asked the question What’s a "Non Believer" and I answered that I didn’t think there really was such a thing as a non believer. How can one believe in nothing? If JH had asked the question "What is a Non Believer of God" that would be different but he asked what is a non believer; very different. I did look up the word belief and it agrees with what I stated. Non belief would obviously be the opposite of this definition.
noun
1. | something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat. | |
2. | confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof: a statement unworthy of belief. | |
3. | confidence; faith; trust: a child's belief in his parents. | |
4. | a religious tenet or tenets; religious creed or faith: the Christian belief. | |
Synonyms
1.
view, tenet, conclusion, persuasion. 2. assurance. Belief, certainty, conviction refer to acceptance of, or confidence in, an alleged fact or body of facts as true or right without positive knowledge or proof. Belief is such acceptance in general: belief in astrology. Certainty indicates unquestioning belief and positiveness in one's own mind that something is true: I know this for a certainty. Conviction is settled, profound, or earnest belief that something is right: a conviction that a decision is just. 4. doctrine, dogma.Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) |