RE: Am I still an atheist if I believe in a higher being?
August 9, 2015 at 11:26 am
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2015 at 11:29 am by vixene.)
(August 9, 2015 at 10:36 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(August 9, 2015 at 9:44 am)vixene Wrote: [...]
But online, it seems unless you have an established label to fall back on, you're instantly dismissed or your contribution isn't seen as valid. But meh.
Well, actually - on the internet you get instantly dismissed and validity of your contributions and opinions are undermined, because that's what people (most of them - idiots anyway) do on the internet. ;P
That's if you make their jobs easier by making unsubstantiated claims without backing it up. Which a lot of religious people tend to do. And some lazy atheists. A category which I may fall into.
(August 9, 2015 at 10:37 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(August 9, 2015 at 9:44 am)vixene Wrote: In the real world, I don't really care for labels because I tend not to get into heated discussions with people regarding religious topics. But online, it seems unless you have an established label to fall back on, you're instantly dismissed or your contribution isn't seen as valid. But meh.
Labels are useful when regarding these religious topics, because it allows the debates to progress much easier. For example, if you described yourself as a Christian and I used Jesus in many references regarding your stance on a topic and then you said "well I really don't believe in Jesus", then we have to start over from square one and spend a good deal of time figuring out what you believe.
But there's a very thin line between a deist and a weak atheist. In fact I'd say they were pretty much the same.
