RE: Explain atheism
January 29, 2016 at 3:28 pm
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2016 at 3:29 pm by Mister Agenda.)
Atheism is my state of mind, I don't believe in any deities, Q.E.D. However, I am a Unitarian, and am an example of an atheist who does not find atheism completely incompatible with religion.
The most interesting question to ask an atheist about their atheism is to ask why they are an atheist. The process by which the conclusion is reached tells you more about them than the conclusion itself.
There is an 'atheist movement' that can give the impression that there is more to atheism than just one opinion on one topic, but the term is really a short for lots of things that you don't have to be an atheist to agree on or be a part of (and someone can be an atheist and disagree with any or all of it): equal rights for atheists, political secularism, appreciation for science, encouragement of healthy skepticism, and promoting acceptance of atheists by society. Kind of like the gay pride movement was for gay people and their supporters, but wasn't gayness in and of itself.
The most interesting question to ask an atheist about their atheism is to ask why they are an atheist. The process by which the conclusion is reached tells you more about them than the conclusion itself.
There is an 'atheist movement' that can give the impression that there is more to atheism than just one opinion on one topic, but the term is really a short for lots of things that you don't have to be an atheist to agree on or be a part of (and someone can be an atheist and disagree with any or all of it): equal rights for atheists, political secularism, appreciation for science, encouragement of healthy skepticism, and promoting acceptance of atheists by society. Kind of like the gay pride movement was for gay people and their supporters, but wasn't gayness in and of itself.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
