RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 12:08 pm
(This post was last modified: December 13, 2018 at 12:21 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 13, 2018 at 11:41 am)Huggy74 Wrote: We don't apply that same criteria to lack of belief in anything else. for instance, whats the state for non-belief in Bigfoot?It could be abigfootism...but you're right, we don't have to come up with a term for any other state in which a person doesn't believe in silly shit - that there's an explicit term for not believing in silly god shit is a bit of a headscratcher until you remember just how many people do believe in silly god shit, and the ramifications of that disparity compared to..say bigfootism and abigfootism.
Quote:There are Ideologies focused on there being zero gods, THAT IS athe-ism.Atheism isn't an ideology, lol.
Quote:Atheist and atheism have different meanings, same with theist and theism. One can believe a God exists without actually engaging in religious practices.
Gee, you mean that not all theists are (insert a specific religion here)? Shocker.
Will you ever be done punching yourself in the dick on this one?
As a summary on this -entire- ridiculous thread.
There are gnostic atheists in the world, all the hemming and hawing to dump everyone into that bucket is pointless on two counts. Firstly, because most atheists just don't fit(I wish they did...lol). Secondly..because you could always have that discussion with atheists that do...no need to punch yourselves in the dick over and over again.
There are...also, gnostic atheists who do have a particular ideology, and just like the above....pointless on the same two counts.
So, what's up? Is there Some Thing™ that you god bothering lot desperately have to say? Some discussion you want to have...with a person who actually does fit your infantile attempts at narrow miscategorization? No need for all these pages of nonsense, you've got a gnostic atheist on the line..that has an explicitly anti-theistic ideology. Fire away.
Is atheism a belief? No.
Do I have beliefs about gods? Yes.
Is atheism an ideology? No.
Do I hold to a particular ideology? Yes.
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