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I made this stamp in respond to many things I've discovered online within the past weeks.

I made this stamp because half of the internet seems to have totally no idea what atheism is.


There are two popular definitions:
1. Atheism means lack of belief in a deity/deities
2. Atheism means a belief there is no deity/deities

I prefer the first one, since all atheists will answer the question Do you believe in a deity/deities with No. But the question Do you think there is a deity/deities divides them. Some do think there is no such things. Some are agnostics. Some think something else.


What atheism is NOT:

- lack of morality
    Atheists have sense of moral just like everyone else. We don't need a deity to tell us what is moral and what is immoral. More to the point, I think this quote is pure win: "If you need a religion to be a good person, you are not a good person." (If you know who originally said that, please tell me)

- no sense of "good and evil" (with quotation marks since I passionately hate the entire concept of good and evil, or at least the version of it most people seem to think it means)
    See above.

- hatred towards Christianity
    Sure some atheists like to troll creationists and stuff, but that doesn't mean every single atheists hates Christians.

- hatred towards religions in general
    This is even more ridiculous than the preceding stereotype...

- "There's no god so I can what the heck I want no matter what others think!!"
    We don't live to please a deity or to get to heaven/avoid going to hell. but that doesn't mean we don't take other people into account.

Yes, you can find atheists to who one or more of these stereotypes apply to, but you can as well find theists who are guilty of similar if not same "crimes" - pedophile priests, people assaulting and even killing in the name of god, and "God hates [insert whatever you want here]!" -way-of-thinking people are just examples.

Anything listed above is not intended as an attack towards theists!

(If there's something you think could be added to the list, please drop a comment!)


related stuff:
atheist have belief in things
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atheism and morality
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atheism isn't a religion
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atheists can have religion/spiritual life
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things work both ways
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<edit>changed the wording a bit

and edited a bit again...</edit>

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free to use inside dA, :+fav: would be appreciated!

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~Sumi1978 Apr 20, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This is a good stamp, and one of the best atheist ones I've seen so far. Hopefully it will make my believing friends understand me more.
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~silverybeast Apr 22, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I'm glad you like :)
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~SlippyMagnus Apr 6, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
A fave'd be appreciated?
Hell, I'd donate Points to you for this, had I the money!

It's so nice to get another clear-headed individual on this!
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~silverybeast Apr 7, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I'm glad you like :)
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I agree,some people are really convinced that athiests are the spawn of the devil,it's absurd.

I'm not bashing religion but imagine a jewelry store with lovely jewels just sitting there in front of two people,the owner of the store is a widow who is very poor.Who is the more moral person?The one who doesn't steal because there is a security camera watching them,or the one who doen't steal because they pity the widow?
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~AmberLouisaPrower Feb 17, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
YUS. I agree completely. I myself am an atheist and have a complete sense of morality and justice :3 Loved the bit you said about the people killing for God, that's exactly what the crusades were for! I hate when people say this kind of thing, I don't hate every religion 'Cuz they is so stupid luullll', I don't care if someone believes in a God or not, doesn't make any difference to me. Good person, I like you, bad person, I don't, doesn't matter what religion.
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~silverybeast Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Yep :) I actually find religions and mythologies very interesting, I just don't follow/practice any myself.
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~BloodRedFullMoon Dec 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Truer wors have never been spoken.

Even as an antitheist I do not hate chistianity or religions, I simply believe they cause much more bad than good and thus at least organized religion needs to be ended if we as a species are to prosper...
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~LolitheLeopard Nov 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
The bible is best suited for kindling.;)
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=Riegella Aug 12, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
I agree. I'm Christian, but I really detest the phrase "If Jesus died for our sins, we should sin like there's no tomorrow, cause otherwise he died for nothing" not only because of how it insults Christianity but also because it makes all atheists look like immoral people and/or that they just want to spite religion. I have several atheist/agnostic friends and they certainly don't think this way. Religious or not, there should not be an excuse to live an immoral life.
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