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Full-time dad, part-time OSINT analyst, former lawyer.
Too many of my posts are sarcastic, I'm working on it and I apologize.

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I find myself not understanding the concept of atheism. Who wants to explain it to me in a coherent way for a beginner? With a metaphysical substantiation please, if that is at all possible.

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Reading through the replies, I get the impression that you're asking what specifically atheists are not-believing in, is that right?

If so, I'd nominate 'personhood' as the defining characteristic of the god they reject. Rebuttals that point to 'uncaused cause' et al. don't seem to conflict with atheism in that sense, and often look like, 'uncaused cause -> ??? -> the Christian god'.

To say it differently: 'fire -> spark' rather than 'program -> programmer'.

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To be clear, is that foreign currency contracts as distinct from foreign currency? It would be surprising to me if currencies themselves were considered securities, and most crypto seems to be trading the coins themselves and not a coin-denominated contract (though maybe that depends on the exchange's user agreement...).

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