Atheism is just a word which describes the lack of belief a god(s). It just describes a stance on relegion, it is not itself a relegion. |
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Im always a teeny bit reluctant to post anything on the religion section, mostly because *some* users take a weird troll semi insulting stance on this topic... please note i say SOME not all.. and i would very much value any sensible answer to my unaccusing question... Also i apologise in advance if there is a thread on this already.. i put my hands up to not having checked all threads carefully. |
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Atheism is just a word which describes the lack of belief a god(s). It just describes a stance on relegion, it is not itself a relegion. |
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Well plus, there's a name for everything, no matter how abstract it is, if it's known of. And if it isn't yet, when they discover it, it will get named. |
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Atheism is just a label, sort of like one might label that leafy chunk of plant matter in your fridge as "lettuce." It comes from the greek prefix "a-" meaning "without," and the root "theism," meaning religion. It literally translates to "without religion." That's...basically it. I'm an atheist...I only say that for two reasons: 1. it's shorter than saying, "I don't believe in God," and 2. it carries that sort of smug bastard connotation with it, which I kind of like. |
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The reason why atheists have a title at all is because many people are religious, and because religion is generally considered important to many. |
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Atheists sometimes seem to treat their belief as more of a religion than some Christians do.. At least on here.. |
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Gotta agree with Tarsier here. There are Atheists out there who have turned the lack of belief in God/gods into a crusade of sorts; the kind of atheists who find it admirable to destroy faith of all sorts. I wouldn't be surprised if soon that kind of atheist starts preaching door-to-door right alongside the Jehovah's Witnesses. We already have a Church of Atheism. |
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Last edited by Kiza; 02-02-2010 at 01:04 PM.
A turd with a bullet in it ain't exactly 5 O'Clock News Ray
Yep, I strongly believe there's no floating man in the sky, how militant of me. |
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Last edited by Kiza; 02-02-2010 at 01:49 PM.
A turd with a bullet in it ain't exactly 5 O'Clock News Ray
Kiza, I"d like to respond to your point. I've been guilty at times of posting atheist rants. But I only do it in response to religious rants posted by others. I used to feel like "to each their own" and "let sleeping dogs lie" etc, and not feel any need to respond when people post religious ideas. |
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Nice difference between faith and science: science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of truth to preserve belief. If you could show to me that, say, there really is a floating man in the sky, I'll be happy beyond all reason, I'll spin on a dime. I'd be embarrassed as hell, but I'd run through the streets shouting, "Take physics and bin it! God is real!" As an atheist, I'm fully willing to shift my stance if enough evidence for a different argument comes to light. Interestingly enough, though, the amount of evidence available for such a divine being has refused to grow at all; in fact, the further along we go, the less likely it is seeming that any sort of higher power (at least in the Judeo-Christian sense) exists. I don't care if people study Christianity and believe it, but if they're going to spread it around and voice their opinions on the matter, I'm going to voice my opinions on the matter. |
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Come on, plagiarism isn't cool. |
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Trust me, there is no danger of kids in public schools becoming religious, except maybe in elementary school. It's looked down upon to believe in God, and all the teachers and students scoff at anyone who does.. at least where I am.. might be different over there in the US. |
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I personally have no problem with that. Religious debate is fine by me, even if I do find it incredibly futile. I only object to those militants that actively seek to destroy Christian belief in God: they are the same as any other extremist. A man who attempts ardently to convert someone else to his way of thinking is just as bad as any others that do so, whether he is Christian or atheist or Buddhist or Hindu. |
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A turd with a bullet in it ain't exactly 5 O'Clock News Ray
A majority of the 'militant atheist rants' you see are people who care about scientific truth explaining to a believer why their understanding of evolution/the big bang/any other scientific theory you care to point to is either incomplete or flat out wrong, which is why they are drawing their false conclusion from it. |
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Why do you assume that? A lot of the militant atheist rants I see are militant atheists actively seeking to destroy religious belief. Believe it or not, there are some religious believers out there who both believe in God and the scientific method. What's the difference between a non-believer trying to destroy a Christian belief in God, and a believer aggressively trying to convert an atheist into his way of thinking? |
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A turd with a bullet in it ain't exactly 5 O'Clock News Ray
Start living by a moral code? So then you assume that atheists are immoral people. Purpose? I asked in another thread (or maybe it was thins one?)... what is this purpose that only christians apparently have? I make my own purpose in life. I give my life meaning through art and animation... to entertain people and grow as an artist and human being in the process. I ask once again, what is the purpose christians are always speaking of? |
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