From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 1/8/26 5:32 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > I've had atheists tell me that atheism is not a belief,   
   > > it's a lack of belief.   
   >   
   > Don't bother citing any of the numerous court cases where   
   > atheists fought for & won the rights of a church, and   
   > even got their turn at delivering the opening invocation   
   > in legislative bodies along with the rest of the religions.   
   >   
   > It won't work. They won't listen. They never do.   
      
   I've only know one real atheist in my entire life   
   (as I've mentioned previously). He never talked   
   about it. He never proclaimed himself an atheist,   
   I'm just assuming he was because he never talked   
   about God, or Jesus, or any other religion. Not   
   one word about any of it.   
      
   That is a true atheist, and he's the ONLY one I've   
   ever known.   
      
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