Believers!! Don't mislead people

[Jenny A]

It's really very very simple. Atheists don't believe there is any god or gods. That is the one and only requirement to be an atheist. Therefore atheism is not a religion or a philosophy. It's just a label for people who do not believe in god.

However, there are some religions like Buddhism that are compatible with atheism because the religion does not include gods. There are also some philosophies born out of atheism like Humanism which is about morals and meaning without god. But none of these things are necessary to being an atheist. And atheism as a whole does not have tenets.

[Muslim Atheism]

That is a belief. . .do you believe in the law of cause and effect (tenets) ?

[Losty]

I guess there will no (athe)"ism" if it is not referring to "collective belief of a group of people" , whatever people may label it and to make it sound special and unique.

You're such a wanker.

[Muslim Atheism]

I'm sure you can find another way to voice your opinion without being aggressive.

[Losty]

I'm not being aggressive. I'm a pacifist. You're still a wanker though

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Atheism doesn't entail any specific belief about morality, and hence morality is not a specific belief of atheism.

Bam.

Don't bother to employ reason with this guy, esq.

[Muslim Atheism]

Okay, you acknowledge that my "set of belief" is not conforming to your own "set of belief". . . it is "your belief on morality". .

Do others share the same belief ? rules ?

I can see few others share the "same set of belief on morality", it is the "collective belief of a group of people".

[Esquilax]

Okay, you acknowledge that my "set of belief" is not conforming to your own "set of belief". . . it is "your belief" on morality. .

Do others share the same belief ?

Okay, listen: a person is capable of believing things without those things being religious, because there's a difference between belief and faith. Your dishonest equivocations aren't going to change that.

In this case, the reason people are objecting really is because atheism (you fucked up when splitting the word earlier too, the root word is "theism," not just "ism," and the "a" part means that it doesn't contain the rest of the phrase: "asymmetrical" means that something isn't symmetrical, "atheism" means not theistic) is just the non belief in god claims. These ridiculous gotcha questions you're trying to pull don't even apply to the subject at hand.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

There are no rules or beliefs inherent with atheism aside the lack of belief in deities (not even a rule).

That's it.

[Muslim Atheism]

There is nothing new, and I know that atheism is not about religion. . . but a simple claim to disbelief in God does not make one non-religious, and what we mean by the word ‘religion’ itself is something scholars have debated for decades.

re·li·gion noun \ri-ˈli-jən\
: an interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a person or group

re·li·gion [ri-lij-uhn]
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects:

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There are no rules or beliefs inherent with atheism aside the lack of belief in deities (not even a rule).

"Lack of belief in God" is not equal to "I don't believe in God".

"Lack of belief in God" means you believe in God.

It is two different issues, and both are contentions, ie. it is a "true" or "false" contentions and requires reason and evidence.