RE: Atheism is the punk rock of religion
July 28, 2012 at 4:54 am
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2012 at 5:04 am by fr0d0.)
(July 28, 2012 at 12:46 am)whateverist Wrote: Well it wasn't my intention to disregard your explanation. I'm afraid I haven't kept up with this entire thread.I'm frankly not exactly sure what explanation you mean but if you could tell which post I'd be happy to go back and read it.
I refer to my post #47 re faith.
(July 28, 2012 at 12:46 am)whateverist Wrote: So you only mean to be talking about theism broadly and not Christianity? I guess I'd better wait to press you regarding my distinction between a belief in a god vs a belief that a book contains that actual will of a god.
Atheism is a position on God [deity].
Raphael challenges my position that theism mirrors atheism in that it is the opposite to atheism. Raphael insists that theism is more than belief in God [deity].
Talk all you like about anything else. ^ this discussion is entirely pointless.
(July 28, 2012 at 1:09 am)RaphielDrake Wrote:(July 27, 2012 at 8:38 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Atheists can and do believe in all manner of supernatural things while simultaneously remaining atheists. They probably didn't get your memo.
If you seriously want to use this kind of reasoning then fine. I'm game.
By that same definition Christians are atheists because they don't believe in Allah and Muslims are atheists because they don't believe in Yahweh. The same reasoning can be applied to every single religion in the world.
Well I guess we'd better call everyone an atheist now.
Anyone else get the feeling this is going to get confusing?
Get with the plan Raphael. Atheism = lack of belief in God. That's it. It's not confusing.
Your personal philosophy I would categorise as materialism. You disregard anything you can't sense/ anything you can establish by thought alone. That is a possible subset of atheism, just as Christianity is a subset of theism.
(Just so's you know Raphael: I have you on ignore. I don't usually get to see what you post. Nor do I usually have the option to unhide your posts unless it's a rare occasion that I'm on my laptop or not viewing the mobile site/s.)
