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Originally Posted by Revolutionary
'Non theist' means being an atheist. Atheist does not mean "does not believe in God (as in 1)," but it means "does not believe in any god." Atheism is not a mirror image or consequence of any monotheistic faith, but also rejects polytheism/paganism.
If you worship no God or gods, you are in fact a 'non theist', in other words, an Atheist.
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From the same site that is being quoted:
Meanings and definitions of specific words or categories seldom translate cross-culturally.
Signifiers such as “religious,” “secular,” or even “God” have dramatically different meanings and connotations in different cultures (Beyer, 2003). They are laden with historical, political, social, and theological implications that are unique to every given country and the subcultures there within. Thus, making cross-national comparisons of beliefs between markedly different societies is tenuous, at best
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Below is a presentation of the findings of the most recently available surveys concerning rates of
atheism, agnosticism, and non-belief in God in various countries worldwide
And then the table for non theist, i.e. those who do not subscribe to any given theist religion, again defines the group with Atheist / Agnostic / Non-believer in God.
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