Can one be an atheist and believe in an afterlife? (user search)
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« on: August 11, 2015, 12:18:42 PM »

Short answer: no. Since atheism is a complete rejection of anything supernatural.

No, dude.  Theism is a belief in god(s); atheism is the absence of theism.  Atheism is not the "complete rejection" (whatever that means) of anything supernatural.  Atheism isn't necessarily the complete rejection of anything, besides the complete rejection of theism (definitionally).

In my days when I actually cared about these things, I'd soften the definition of atheism to not include the "complete rejection" of anything. It's entirely possible to live without a belief in God without having consciously rejected any and all conceptions of God. "Complete rejection" starts to edge into strong atheism territory, where you don't just disbelieve, but actively assert that there is no God.
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