I have a little troll-food left, so I might as well use it up. The stuff is cheap and it goes stale pretty quickly, and it's more for the benefit of the casual lurkers in the shadows anyway.
Even if there was such a thing as "atheistic thinking' (hint: there isn't), nothing about atheism substitutes luck in place of any gods. Atheism at its most basic is the response to theistic claims about gods, the position of "please support your claim". Literally anything beyond that is strapped on after the fact. We have no objects of worship, no tenets, no dogmas.
Besides which, luck is not necessarily synonymous with random chance anyway. It involves an element of chance, certainly, but it is a projection of the factors contributing to a - usually favourable - outcome. A person walking underneath the stereotypical piano on a fraying rope is taking a risk with their luck; but no amount of luck is going to turn the piano into a banana, or make it fall upwards. Interestingly, neither would any gods, which is a problem for the theistic claims.
Finally, wishing someone good luck is a linguistic pleasantry, a way of letting them know that they are in another's thoughts and that the person wishes them safe and well. A thing to say when there's nothing to do to help, maybe; but as a show of support a damn sight more positive than wishing magic on them.
Even if there was such a thing as "atheistic thinking' (hint: there isn't), nothing about atheism substitutes luck in place of any gods. Atheism at its most basic is the response to theistic claims about gods, the position of "please support your claim". Literally anything beyond that is strapped on after the fact. We have no objects of worship, no tenets, no dogmas.
Besides which, luck is not necessarily synonymous with random chance anyway. It involves an element of chance, certainly, but it is a projection of the factors contributing to a - usually favourable - outcome. A person walking underneath the stereotypical piano on a fraying rope is taking a risk with their luck; but no amount of luck is going to turn the piano into a banana, or make it fall upwards. Interestingly, neither would any gods, which is a problem for the theistic claims.
Finally, wishing someone good luck is a linguistic pleasantry, a way of letting them know that they are in another's thoughts and that the person wishes them safe and well. A thing to say when there's nothing to do to help, maybe; but as a show of support a damn sight more positive than wishing magic on them.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
