NONTHEIST, KNOW THYSELF! DEFINING TERMS AND CLARIFYING POSITIONS
In this article, I aim to differentiate between all the various positions that can be classified as 'nontheism' and also throw in some theist positions for clarity. I am doing this because of the ceaseless debates about what the term 'atheism' really means, and I would like to contribute to solving the problem. This, I believe, will help with ease of identification. The definitions will be cast in terms of the kind of claims that anyone identifying with the position would make. Thus, they are not exhaustive but representative. For the sake of simplicity, this article will use "God" to mean any god at all, either in a monotheistic or polytheistic sense. Here we go! Theist "I believe that God exists." "I am confident that God exists." "I believe it is vastly more probable that God exists." Atheist "I believe that God does not exist." "I am confident that God does not exist." "I believe it is vastly more p...