RE: No problems with atheism then...
August 19, 2011 at 9:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2011 at 9:06 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Godnose Wrote: Now, either get on and follow the thread I've tried to set up, or I'm getting out of here, because frankly I've got better things to do than arse about with a bunch of egotistical burks who are only intent upon puffing themselves up and pretending to be something they are not.
Yes, you set the thread up, but this is public forum,it is not 'your' thread. There is no right of expectation or control over what is posted. Posts based on sophistry tend to get derailed.
You asked about problems with atheism. I answered that I have none. That answers the question you actually presented. As you did not qualify your meaning oft the word 'atheism', I simply assumed you used the word as it used on every atheist forum I've visited.IE. 'Atheism' means a disbelief in God(s) From the Greek 'atheos'; a= without theos=god. NOTHING ELSE IS IMPLIED OR MAY BE INFERRED.
EG An atheist may be politically left or right wing or apolitical,may follow a range of Greek philosophies,or none, accept Freudian or Jungian psychology,or think psychology is rubbish. Want a secular,multicultural society,or not. Be a militant atheist or not, an anti theist, or not.
Atheism is about a lack of belief AND NOTHING ELSE. If people have a problem with my lack of belief,the problem is theirs,not mine.I can see anti atheist bigotry being a problem in say Saudi Arabia or parts of the Deep South in the US. However,that is not the case here in Australia.Therefore it is accurate to say I have no problems with atheism.
BUT, I DO have some problems with some people who behave like obnoxious jerks AND who happen to be atheists.My problem is not with their atheism but their behaviour. The OP is a graphic example.
