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					Originally Posted by Nom
					
				 
				 I had not previously attempted to reconcile deity to the problem of evil, and upon doing so, found that Gnosticism settles it pretty well, providing a nicely packaged deity in lieu of atheism. 
			
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 How can any religion be an alternative for atheism when atheism, by definition, is the absence of belief in any religion?