RE: Can atheists live without mentioning god, religion and the likes?
March 21, 2011 at 7:05 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2011 at 7:09 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
I understand what you are trying to say. You may as well say that atheists shouldnt even call themselves atheists. If a christian comes up and starts preaching, then an atheist should not counter them and just walk off as if they dont care. The problem is, if you are an atheist in an atheist minority country, then you must FIGHT for your rights. Because if you just "walk off" then the theists will legislate their religious rules until eventually you can no longer "walk off", you now have to financially support their mythology. You now have mandatory church attendance and so forth. American atheists tend to be VERY vocal because of this. This is a GOOD thing. It is insuring that secularism will continue in America.
Besides, you will find that most of the atheists on this forum dont go by just "atheist", they prefer to go by other names that explain what they DO believe. The fact that we DONT believe isnt the issue on an atheist forum. Most of the members go by; nihilist, materialist, utilitarian, absurdist, existentialist, etc.. and sometimes they stack them like myself I am a Absurdist and materialist. If the topic was always about atheism we would become bored quickly.
We also have believers on this board, and we discuss theology. As much as I knock theology, the more you learn about it, the more you learn about what makes some societies tick, and how some people used to think back in the pre-scientific years. Sure I think religion is absurd, but if it makes people feel good then who am I to get in the way of their philosophical suicide? As long as they keep it personal (read as: dont legislate those beliefs into laws) then I would gladly sit down, have a cold beer with the "cool" believers, and discuss some of their mysticism. I find much comedy fuel in it. The fundies (read as: fundamentalist hard core preachy types) on the other hand will force me to mock them as cold and cruel and efficiently as possible in order to get the most people laughing at the fundy as I can.
Your question: Can atheists live without mentioning god, religion and the likes?
My answer: I dont know. Thats a good question. Religion is pretty popular, so I would just outright say probably not.
Besides, you will find that most of the atheists on this forum dont go by just "atheist", they prefer to go by other names that explain what they DO believe. The fact that we DONT believe isnt the issue on an atheist forum. Most of the members go by; nihilist, materialist, utilitarian, absurdist, existentialist, etc.. and sometimes they stack them like myself I am a Absurdist and materialist. If the topic was always about atheism we would become bored quickly.
We also have believers on this board, and we discuss theology. As much as I knock theology, the more you learn about it, the more you learn about what makes some societies tick, and how some people used to think back in the pre-scientific years. Sure I think religion is absurd, but if it makes people feel good then who am I to get in the way of their philosophical suicide? As long as they keep it personal (read as: dont legislate those beliefs into laws) then I would gladly sit down, have a cold beer with the "cool" believers, and discuss some of their mysticism. I find much comedy fuel in it. The fundies (read as: fundamentalist hard core preachy types) on the other hand will force me to mock them as cold and cruel and efficiently as possible in order to get the most people laughing at the fundy as I can.
Your question: Can atheists live without mentioning god, religion and the likes?
My answer: I dont know. Thats a good question. Religion is pretty popular, so I would just outright say probably not.
