(March 10, 2017 at 10:39 pm)irontiger Wrote: You lie about making claims that you know Eastern philosophies but you never studied them.
I do not care whether or not you believe me.
(March 10, 2017 at 10:39 pm)irontiger Wrote: Then assert what atheism is even though not everyone who claims to be an atheist in this world would agree with you.
I do not care whether or not they would agree, either. The word has a definition in the dictionary, irontiger. It is not subject to whether or not you like it.
(March 10, 2017 at 10:39 pm)irontiger Wrote: God can be defined in more than one way and does have to conform to your petty and insignificant brain.
That's wonderful.
If you believe in a god, however you you define it, you are not an atheist.
(March 10, 2017 at 10:39 pm)irontiger Wrote: Again this is considered atheistic only because it makes the distinction that God is a not supreme being. This would be not be accepted in the West as atheism.
Because that is not what "atheism" means. If it were, the ancient Greeks would have been atheists, because they had a whole pantheon of gods that were not supreme beings.
You accuse others of not understanding the terms in play, but it is becoming increasingly obvious that this is exactly the opposite of what is happening here. You have come into this forum with an idea in your head of what atheism is that is based on an entirely separate concept from an entirely different language. This concept - which, in English, would be expressed as "non-traditional theism", not "atheism" - does not have a one-to-one translation, but you are attempting to brute-force it anyway, and force the definition of "atheism" in this language to change to suit you.
I am afraid that is not how it works, and throwing a bitch-fit at other members for pointing out that this is not what the word means in English is not going to get you anywhere.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner