(August 27, 2015 at 12:47 pm)ScepticOrganism Wrote: Hello everyone, Hope you're all having a good day
I've often encountered individuals who parsimoniously claim that atheistic fundamentalism is an actual thing. But what does fundamentalism mean in the first place? According to dictionary.com, and several other lexicons, it is the strict adherence to any basic set of ideas or principles.
Just on that alone, you would get the impression that atheism is anything but fundamentalism. Atheists are intellectually flexible by nature.
Any atheist would tell you that if sufficient evidence/scientific consensus becomes present, they would change their beliefs in a heartbeat. But I think the key phrase here is " intellectually flexible by nature " With the emphasis being put on " Intellectually".
Sure, atheists might be willing to change their ideas based on reasoning and scientific/critical thinking, but what about those who harbor excessive hatred to not only religion itself, but to individuals who happen to follow it.
Does that in itself, constitute as fundamentalism?
1. atheism is only the adherence to one principle which is the disbelief in a god.
2. Just being an atheist does not make one intellectually flexible at all in fact I find this to be false for many atheists
3. Though almost all atheists would tell you that if sufficient evidence were presented they would change their mind this I can assure you is most certainly not the case, many atheists become stupendously stupid when faced with controversial subjects in which they become emotionally charged in, they thus refute all evidence presented to them.
4. Atheists who bear hatred for religions are illogical, hatred makes one blind to reason and biased, one should judge a person by their words and deeds, not their religion.
5. I believe strongly that many atheists have reached their conclusion that there is no god not because it was the more rational choice to them, but because they thought it was either what all the cool kids were doing, or because they wanted to lead a more debauched life than what their previous religious beliefs allowed them to.
