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Can atheism in some cases become a anti-religious religion? An anti-religion that becomes like a religion, having a main obejctive to fight religion and having groups that strongly identify themselves as atheists. In a similar way as a religious person does.
I use the term atheist when I describe my religious views. I could say none which I found more accurate, but using atheist shows what I am. But there is a danger that it becomes like somethinng that you strongly identify with. That you see as a part of your personallity that it becomes like a religion.
I don't see it to be necissary to say I am an atheist. I can simply say that I'm not religious. Atheism make it feels like that it is a religious form of anti-religion. I see non-religious or having no religiuos views to be a better way of describing what my views are.It could also be explained as natural state of mind, or atleast a more rational and logical one
I don't know if you follow me here, I don't know If I follow myself here either. But atheism is called to be a movement and perhaps can it evolve to be in some way a anti-religious cult. A religion amongst non-religious.
Anyone see this possibilty? Or understand my thoughts?
Communism which were a political view and ideology was going from being a movement to become a sort of religion. Maybe the atheist movement can go the same way?
- Science is not trying to create an answer like religion, it tries to find an answer.
I consider myself anti religious too. I would think it'd be more accurate to say that your philosophical position is that there is no God/ god.
My label of Christian allows for a far wider definition, although also widely misunderstood, I'm happy with the classification. 'Theist' says it basically but says nothing of the detail.
If someone says that they're an atheist, despite what I know the term to actually mean, I expect that person to be well versed in scepticism or on that path. It just fits the pattern well enough.
Also, atheism being a negative struggles to be attractive socially. Adrian is secretary of his uni atheist society - atheism does spawn the group
In order to do so it would have to become an ideology ... clearly, for most of us here, it isn't so for them at least I would say no.
Kyu
Angry Atheism
Where those who are hacked off with the stupidity of irrational belief can vent their feelings! Come over to the dark side, we have cookies!
"Hey! we're a [*whispers to himself as an aside* Non-religious] religion too! We need tax too! I'm telling ya! We're a [*whispering to self as an aside* Non-religious] religion too!! :S Please show us the money!!"
Lmfao, that would be awesome.
Atheism: The only non-religious religion folks (!)
Atheism is a religion for people who worship themselves instead of God. As a Christian will typically quote the Bible during an argument, most atheists will quote The God Delusion.
Atheists suffer from a rare, more aggressive form of unwarranted self-importance. Atheists invariably think they are smarter then you no matter what. Just try to correct them on something and prepare to be blasted away with some SERIOUS FUCKING LOGIC!
Many exhibit very serious cases of a persecution complex, believing that Secret Christian Anonymous Terrorists (SCAT) are trying to eradicate them by putting the word "God" in things. A high priest of Atheism discovered last Thursday that should a fellow atheist hear the "Under God" portion of the Pledge of Allegiance three times within an hour, they will instantly convert to Christianity and then die. Ultimately, they will all just end up burning in Hell.
Atheists are consumed by the delusion that religion somehow is the cause of all conflict and that it is directly responsible for every war and murder that has ever occurred in history. Of course, most atheists fail to realize that, with or without religion, there will always be stupid people in the world who will fervently believe anything they read.
All atheists are liberals or libertarians with serious superiority complexes who are always willing to argue with anyone anywhere, especially Christians.
Recent studies reveal that atheists tend to be privileged enough to seriously suck at life yet still do no have the courage to kill themselves. Thus, in an effort to prove to themselves and to the world that they aren't wasting everyone else's oxygen, they have the compulsion to argue with everyone around them that has any sort of belief set that doesn't directly involve polishing Dawkins's pole (sheeple?) who have better things to do than think about such shit.
Many of them believe that some philosopher (e.g., Friedrich Nietzsche or Karl Popper) has proved that atheism is correct. However, they will of course dismiss any philosopher that believes in God through the infallible argument that anyone that believes in a God is stupid, which means anything they say is stupid, which means that it would just be wasting the intellectually superior atheist's time. This is however irrelevant as all philosophers are batshit insane and emo anyway.
Atheists, who thinks that Christians is stoopid, have a tendency to use the words "irrational", "delusion", and anything that makes them look smart that revolves around these two words. Some even call themselves the "rational ones" who have plenty of rants against Christianity, but in the end no one gives a shit, and they are still fat basement nerds who cry themselves to sleep.
PROTIP: When in an encounter with an atheist and this issue comes up, simply point out that atheist dictators killed millions of people over the past century and murdered hundreds of thousands in an effort to eradicate religion itself, because, you know, mass murder is the inevitable result when a community becomes too intolerant of outlandish dogmas and too fond of critical thinking. The atheist will undoubtedly respond with, "BUT THEY DIDN'T KILL IN THE NAME OF ATHEISM!!11", which is bullshit, because they obviously did: Vladimir Lenin, Josif Stalin and Mao Zedong all viewed religion as an obstacle to the dictatorship of the proletariat envisioned by Karl Marx and thus sought to remove this obstacle by any means necessary.
Proven by polls and science is the fact that even Catholic priests get more ass than the typical atheist. This results in the atheist having to take an alternate path to survive, since no one wants to find themselves naked in the same room as a neckbearded yeti who thinks it knows everything.
Since atheists fail majorly at sex and no one wants them, there is no need to promote abstinence among their basement-dwelling, unwashed masses. This proves the fact that atheists are the leading cause of AIDS, STDs, and unwanted pregnancies.
This leads us to the conclusion that:
Atheists have thin no dicks.
If there were no atheists, AIDS would be a rare STD (since most of Africa are pretty much like atheists).
Important Facts About Atheism
Atheists have the ability to think freely which helps them spell better OTI and find porn.
They are smarter than you since they've browsed various skeptic's publications.
Atheists get their limited knowledge of the Bible by only searching "Bible contradictions" on Google.
Richard Dawkins is the only person allowed to say the word "God", anyone else that uses it is infringing on atheists' rights.
Atheists believe Jesus is a Zombie. This may be true as Jesus feasts on Atheists which would explain why they are all brainless, hypocritical assholes.
An atheist is somebody who hates and thinks he or she is better than God. An anti-theist is somebody who will go into screaming rage about the evils of religion because the other choir boys didn't try to rape him, thus leaving him with an acute inferiority complex. Not all atheists are anti-theists, but all anti-theists are atheists - otherwise they would be missing the point.
Unfortunately for them, pro-theist atheists are also the target of anti-theists - because anyone who supports religion in any way i.e. "believing in belief", going to a church funeral or wedding, or donating to a religious charity etc. will be savagely ripped apart for being a Christ enabler and tortured as traitors.
Despite this for some strange reason anti-theists will go into another soapbox speech when they are compared to dictators or other extremists.
Whenever religion is brought up on any message board or forum anywhere, expect it to be flooded by over 9,000 hardcore neck-bearded atheists. Atheists are world-renowned for shitting up religious discussion with posts that can usually be summed up as "Ralijen sux" no matter how intelligent or rationalized the comment seems to the untrained eye. Atheists constantly whine about how religion is like a herd mentality meant to control the masses, without realizing that shitting yourself over anyone with any sort of theistic beliefs is far more obnoxious than the religious people they frequently whine about. Christians, in this case, have the upper-hand over atheists for not going into shitfits over religious discussion on an internet forum.
Listening to angry atheist rants on the internet, one can detect a common sentiment or strain of thought running throughout. This sentiment goes something like this: "Atheists are inherently smarter than theists. All theists are ignorant and irrational because of the very fact that they are theists. Why bother engaging those stupid, dim sheeple in actual debate when they are so very, very ignorant?" This is why atheists perpetually come across as arrogant, whiny assholes.
In delicious irony, Joe Atheist is even more full of shit than Jerry Falwell, because while a wacko fundamentalist Christian at least admits his beliefs rests on faith, the atheist insists that he has serious logic on his side. He has yet to rationalize the minor origin in universe issue in his theology of cause-and-effect, but hey, that's okay becauze the universe has just always existed LOL!1
Another reason atheists generally come across as arrogant, whiny assholes is their long winded standard of ad hominem attacks on those with whom they happen to not agree. Rather than actually engaging into some form of serious debate with theists and having an actual discussion over why each person believes what they do, they instead go batshit insane on theists and dismiss them personally based on presumably lower intellect, lack of scientific proof, etc.
Atheist Quotes
"Atheists don't have to prove anything. Period."
"IM SO SICK AND TIRED OF CHRISTIANS PUSHING THEIR BELIEFS ON ME, i mean every year i go to buy something at the store and I see HAPPY HOLLIDAYS and it pisses me off so much i mean Christians are everywhere i mean its like UHHGGGGG but anyway this year its gonna be different. i just got [retard|down] purchasing my ANTI-god pin. im going to every place where they sell christmas trees and all the "happy" (yeah more like BRAINWASHED) familys will see my anti-god pin and i will silently protest this stupid holliday yeah go atheists!"
"I do not respect your beliefs. I think they're stupid...therefore, it would be stupid to "respect' them. That logic is really not that difficult."
Telling your local atheist that they fail at life and that all they really do is whine about religion is one of the best ways to troll atheists, as it is perfectly true and reasonable.
But recently, atheism has taken a rise about people censoring them, and that they're not getting their freedom of speech, right before breaking down into a rant about the evils of religion and shit nobody cares about.
Apparently, Atheism has its own definition of free speech: When I attack you, it's just criticism. When you attack me, you should be BEATEN AND EXECUTED.
How to troll your average Atheist
"Prove God doesn't exist"
"If evolution is true, why are there still monkeys?" (This one in particular will tell you whether or not you have found the rare breed of atheist that isn't completely retarded, since most educated people can answer it.)
"Evolution is only a theory."
Pretend to be really surprised and full of pity when the atheist mentions his lack of faith.
Complain about the bias against intelligent design.
"Science is ALWAYS based on faith because you don't know if your hypothesis will turn out correctly."
"Evolution leads to eugenics...just ask Hitler."
"Hitler was an atheist."
Point out that their posts sound like evangelical preachers' rants, including their tone, intensity, rhyme and measure.
"Moral relativism leads to hedonism and persecution of minorities."
"Evolution can't explain [something that has nothing to do with biology]."
Suggest that if you were down and out in Calcutta, you'd much rather see Mother Teresa than Christopher Hitchens. (It is, however, not unlikely that the atheist will agree.)
Bring up abortion and call the atheists baby killers (regardless of their actual stance).
Bring up a random topic in Quantum Mechanics, be as misleading as possible, and argue that it proves the existence of God (known as Quantum Wankery).
The way Christians get all of their arguments from the Bible, atheists get all of their arguments from The God Delusion. So saying something along the lines of "Maybe if you formed your own opinions once in a while, instead of parroting everything Dawkins spits out of his sinful mouth, you could truly see the glory of God!" is always worth a good try.
Atheists do not really hate religion just christfags. Tell them you are a Buddhist,Hindu or Scientologist and agree with Everything they say and keep bringing up you are a part of whatever religion you said you were. If they start to attack your religion agree with them via this copy pasta "Yes I see how that could be, the teachings of _______ taught me to be very open minded and i think you are right but i am still a firm believer in _______". When they find a person they can't argue with they reach the next level of fucking nuts. sit back and notice the amount of lulz that come of it.
Tell them to take the Atheist Challenge. As the atheist does not believe in anything science cannot prove, the atheist must talk to his girlfriend/wife and tell her that love is a very unscientific thing and is a christian belief. He must also explain to her that love is only a physical attraction and a bi-product of bio-chemical reactions in his brain. After doing that ha has to get sex from her and that is the challenge. Please note: rape counts
Point out that dark matter and dark energy, by their very nature, are impossible to detect and can only be hypothesized by secondary evidence. Just like God. Science believes in something it can't prove!
Please show us the money!!"
