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doommaggot · 3386 days ago · link · · parent · post: Muslims, atheists only religious groups in America that reject deliberate killing of civilians
It's one of those terms where the definition is very muddied. Certainly a lot of people use the term that way. That definition comes from an incorrect definition of atheist, which is incorrectly labelled as disbelief, when it is actually lack of belief. While similar, they are distinct. Take the case of a 2 day old baby. It isn't capable of comprehending the idea of a god in order to have disbelief. You can safely say that it lacks belief in a god though.