RE: What is the name for modern atheists?
October 2, 2015 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: October 2, 2015 at 2:29 pm by TheRocketSurgeon.)
I think Kingpin got it right. And I appreciate that he put the effort into it. Atheism is a very generic concept, in that we simply reject all the stories of gods told by people. Some go an extra step and say there cannot be gods, and are still atheists, but are what are called "strong" atheists, or even anti-theists. Just as "theist" is generically a belief in a god or gods, but has almost infinite varieties of expression, atheist has no other connotations besides "I think there are no gods".
Some of us like to use the popular expression, "I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -Stephen F. Roberts
I am a Secular Humanist, which is a type of atheistic belief-structure almost akin to a godless religion, though I don't consider it a religious belief per se. If you want to know what that is, check out http://secularhumanism.org (website).
Some of us like to use the popular expression, "I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -Stephen F. Roberts
I am a Secular Humanist, which is a type of atheistic belief-structure almost akin to a godless religion, though I don't consider it a religious belief per se. If you want to know what that is, check out http://secularhumanism.org (website).
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