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What do atheists think of the Greek gods?

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I personally think they're easier to believe in than the God that Christians believe in today. (Not that I believe in either, obviously.) With the Greek gods, there's no problem with a 3O God and suffering existing. Instead, they had no-O gods. read more

Atheists disbelieve all gods. However, some gods are given specific characteristics that make them less likely to exist. Greek gods are purported to live on Mount Olympus, which has been completely explored, and have powers, like producing lightning bolts, that can be explained as natural phenomena. read more

You have no reason to think they would anymore than a Christian does. It is safe to presume that most atheists are, in fact, atheist. Within Christianity we have the concept of putting wealth before God. There is no proper analog to this for atheists; making wealth a god is not the exact same concept. It does not imply an atheist literally has a god. read more

Positive atheism is the explicit affirmation that gods do not exist. Negative atheism includes all other forms of non-theism. According to this categorization, anyone who is not a theist is either a negative or a positive atheist. read more

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