I'm going to go with "Communist" or "dialectical Materialist" (if I don't want people to know what I'm saying). Communism is a form of atheism that behaves very like a religion, despite not being one. it is therefore very "odd".
I tend to think I share more in common with believers in terms of the thought patterns and having a basic set of assumptions that are taken as true. it's more complicated than calling it a 'dogma', but that only applies if you think it's true and the way they are established as 'truth' within the system itself (it's based on practice/trial and error).
There's also the oddity of coming out against scientific consensus because it doesn't fit with my philosophical beliefs, e.g. the big bang is not consistent with materialism, which necessarily need the universe to have been permanent in some way. rejecting science makes me feel like a creationist though.
I tend to think I share more in common with believers in terms of the thought patterns and having a basic set of assumptions that are taken as true. it's more complicated than calling it a 'dogma', but that only applies if you think it's true and the way they are established as 'truth' within the system itself (it's based on practice/trial and error).
There's also the oddity of coming out against scientific consensus because it doesn't fit with my philosophical beliefs, e.g. the big bang is not consistent with materialism, which necessarily need the universe to have been permanent in some way. rejecting science makes me feel like a creationist though.
