If Christians don't believe in Zeus etc. doesn't that make them a type of atheist?

[Anonymous]

Because they believe gods people worshipped for millennia don't even exist

Yes

No

[ohsheeT]

To be a Christian you don't have to believe in Zeus leprechauns unicorns are any of the things that we have been told about before our time

The only thing you have to believe in is that the universe is God and that Jesus is God's son that is now God and you have to have faith you need to believe in your God it's only on paper but everything he has said is come true he has never lied never cheated us and you believe in his ways and that Christ died for our sins I believe that's all you need to believe in but it's the faith that you really have to have

We all have a destiny and when we were born we were all given a gift that gives his choice we get to choose who we want to be in life by the things we say and do

And that's no matter what you believe in it's a choice

I don't go to church because I don't want somebody standing up there telling me that if I don't believe in what he's saying to me that I'm going to go to hell well just because he reads something and tells me how he takes it how he understands it that I'm going to go to hell if I don't understand it the same way I believe that's wrong

Have faith have faith believe that your God is within you so do what God would do become one with self one with others and one with this universe be a giver not a taker get rid of all the drama all the judgment out of your life and stay away from those people

Now everything above that I've said doesn't mean that I'm right it's just something that I believe in and that's we all have that choice to do that to become who we want to become to believe in what we want to believe I don't need to have a title to believe in what I believe in I'd rather just be me and believe what I believe in

[BCRanger10]

No. Atheism is the rejection and denial of belief in all supernatural beings or agencies.

Christians deny that the gods of other religions or cultures have a right to be worshipped and honored as God does, likewise that we have a duty to render the same to them.

For more information on this, see what Catholic Answers has to say. It's a quick, short, and simple read.

My personal opinion though? This "one god less" argument or premise is a silly attempt by some atheists to convince Christians that they actually are themselves atheists because... math, I guess?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Christianity is monotheistic, meaning they believe in a single god.


Zeus was part of the Greek pantheon, a pantheistic religion where Zeus’s domain is the sky, also the same domain as the christian god. He was one of many (like, hundreds in the Greek pantheon. You know they had separate gods for olive oil and bread? And another god for pastries?) and that was how that religion functioned at the time, finding a different god to call on for different tasks.


Atheism is the denial of all gods and spirituality. There are no exceptions to this in atheism. Agnosticism can allow for this, but that’s more just a spiritual acknowledgement of the fact that nothing is certain without proof. Atheism is the belief that there is nothing beyond this reality and this singular existence, there is no god/gods, no spirits, no ghosts, no monsters, no fairies, etc. so no, christians aren’t a kind of atheist for being monotheistic.

[strateguy632]

No "type of athiest " believe in yes god.

[strateguy632]

You refer to the claim "no big difference christian reject all gods except one and we atheists sinply reject all gods".

[strateguy632]

Like: " no big difference if reject all math answers except one and we simply reject all math answers" atheism is dumb because too extreme.
Too many gods is extreme zero gods is also extremist.

[jshm2]

Don't be stupid, that's not how "atheism" works.

[devilish-cutie]

no, because they belive in god, their god

[RedInnocent69]

No, just an infidel.

[Simslover92]

Nope. Different God.

[jahaims]

Use a dictionary