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Originally Posted by Claeren
As has been stated by others, that is not atheism. It is not even close to what atheism is.
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Atheism: 1
archaic : ungodliness ,
wickedness2 a
: a
disbelief in the existence of deity b: the doctrine that there is no deity
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheism
S: (n) atheism,
godlessness (the doctrine or belief that there is no God)
S: (n) atheism (a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods)
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atheism
Apparently, according to these sources, its exactly what I said it was. That isn't to say you are wrong either.
Like Christianity, Catholicism, or even basic theism, there are a myriad of different viewpoints, often overlapping, and the contention here is that in this case, and in its outlook, the Vatican is wrong and has skewed its sources of faith.
The irony is that we're actually not far off in where we stand. It appears (much like the main christian sects) that the sources of disagreement are in semantics and small details.