Is the idea of a female Goddess any more plausible than a male God according to atheism as defined below?

Since atheists generally do not believe in a deity, the gender wouldn't figure into it. They wouldn't believe anymore in a female deity than they would a male deity.

No and I repeat no.

Could be for some. There's no atheist stance on the plausibility of anything. More probable doesn't have to equal belief of any amount.

No, atheism is the belief that there is no God. Why would the sex of the God matter if you didn't believe that there was one?

I don't see how it would be, no.

The concept of gender with regard to godhood is silly.

More plausible? No. Equally implausible? Yes.

Is the idea of a blue unicorn any more plausible than a pink one to a person who doesn't believe in unicorns?

hmmmmmmmmmm

according to the definitions provided NO It's simple logic

1) The second definition of Atheism - 2 a : a disbelief in the existence of deity b : the doctrine that there is no deity
2) Again the second definition of Deity - 2 : a god or goddess <the deities of ancient Greece>
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It is NOT possible to be atheist and to believe in a goddess

female godness are much powerful and gentle

I think God is sexless.

> The concept of gender with regard to godhood is silly.

Here! Here!

Not at all. I hope no one actually does this. You can't be an atheist and believe in any divinity.

I don't know

I think I may have stepped on some toes trying to make a point of that.

no. atheists believe in the absence of something....not in the presence of something.

Atheism surely believes in no type of deity, male or female. I believe in both.

I believe you're thinking of agnostic they sit on the bench, unsure of the existence or non-existence of deities, **atheists* deny all deities.

Agnostic - http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Diction...

Atheists don't necessarily deny the existance of a deity, they just hold no belief in a diety. Slight difference.

"More plausible"? No.

How can you not believe in something that you think might exist?

I don't think god exists, which is why I hold no belief. That's different from denying that there is a god.

I don't think aliens exist, but they certainly could.

...that is agnostic thinking, not atheistic

Lack of belief in a diety=atheism

There are lots of folks out there who could find the existence of a god plausible, yet still not believe that there is one, and that doesn't make them agnostic somehow.

Take the blue pill and believe what ever you want to believe

No need to be like that. We don't have to agree or be asses about it.

"Atheists don't necessarily deny the existance of a deity, they just hold no belief in a diety. Slight difference"

Yes, the difference is, you're speaking of agnostic read the definitions that I listed in my previous post, and if you still don't believe it, then feel free to refer to the links below

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=athei...
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0495300.html
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=460...
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/...

Check my reply to LuridHope about that.

I'm still with LuridHope on this one. Personally I strongly feel that you're mixing up your definitions of the two words, but again, to each their own.

Okay.

Can you explain to me how lack of belief in a diety could be something other than atheism?

Only if you'd like to.

"Diety"? Is that Atkins, cabbage soup...? The God of All Diets!

Oh my god!

That never happens to me!

You managed it 3 times out of 5 on this survey - I couldn't stay quiet any longer!

I don't blame you! Thanks for the laugh, though!

You always know just what to say.

If a person does not believe that deities exists, than there is no chance of their being/mind/soul of being open to the possibility that they exist. An atheist denies all deities...flat out does not exist, never was, never will be. We control our own destingy, the bits of matter that caused the Big Bang, were not put there by a deity.

I'm saying it's more agnostic to the fact that something is out there, the person doesn't know what...but something could be.

> If a person does not believe that deities exists, than there is no
> chance of their being/mind/soul of being open to the possibility that
> they exist.

If that wasn't simply untrue, I think I could agree with you. Although maybe 'open' isn't quite the perfect word.

Tons of things could be real, that I don't believe are. Just because they COULD be, doesn't make me have any belief in them.

I agree, it would be agnostic beliefs to think that something is out there, without being sure of what. That's just not at all what I've been saying, I don't think.

I could think that the tooth fairy is more plausible than santa claus, but do you honestly think that means that I believe in the tooth fairy? I don't see how that connection can be made.

What god?