Apologist Joel Furches explores various definitions of “atheism” and the consequent impact of these

The definition of atheism

Dictionary dot com defines an atheist as “a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings”. On the face of it, this seems relatively uncontroversial. However, according to atheists dot org: “Atheism is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about what a person believes. It is simply a rejection of the assertion that there are gods. Atheism is too often defined incorrectly as a belief system.” On the face of this definition, it appears to be a bit of semantic wrangling. What distinguishes “disbelief” from “rejection of an assertion”?

In his famous 1927 talk and essay… (Register to read the rest of the article)