daytripper23 said:

For instance, you declare a non-belief, but do you live a declared non-belief, indulging in a metaphysic of your own?

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I would only "declare" something if someone bothered me enough about the subject that I actually had to speak to them in order to get them to leave me alone. I think, sometimes, silence says it all.

Veritas said:

The root is "theos," the Greek word for "god."  Theism is a belief in God, whereas a-theism (the prefix a- meaning without) is an absence of belief in God.

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Arden said:

But let's remember that children are first atheists by being one who has no belief or faith in any god.

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Not necessarily.  I had a strong faith in Islam from the moment of my birth.  It caused a lot of tension within my family.

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