Quote from Brass:
Read the link, and have your questions magically answered:
http://atheism.about.com/od/atheism...eligion_Ideology_Belief_System_Philosophy.htm
The fact is that it is the theists who are working overtime trying to paint atheists in the only manner they know how: with an ideological brush. It is the only tool in their toolbox, and it's not all that sharp.
Click on the link yet?
So now you are our second et resident atheist who argues with definitions from the dictionary?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheism
definition of ATHEISM
1
archaic : ungodliness, wickedness
2
a : a disbelief in the existence of deity
b : the doctrine that there is no deity
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctrine
definition of doctrine
archaic : teaching, instruction
2
a : something that is taught
b : a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
c : a principle of law established through past decisions
d : a statement of fundamental government policy especially in international relations
e : a military principle or set of strategies
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