My view and reasons for them. Atheist and Christians welcome here. (short)

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But sure, if it appears to you that atheism informs some peoples' world views, I'm not going to argue with you. I'm just presenting my views as an atheist. Since you're also an atheist, maybe you could reflect on whether any of it applies to you. If you'd rather not consider the labels, that's fine; but it then undermines your whole point.

Atheism is entirely a reaction to theism; people running around making ridiculous claims. It's not our fault they are doing that. We wouldn't even need the term if people stopped. But I couldn't care less if someone is a theist, like I said, as long as they don't act like a dick. The same is true for atheists. Dicks are everywhere, so many dicks will be atheists too.

I think that the one and only reason that I can treat atheism as a belief is because there is an opposition, which polarizes the two things. When things are polarized, one affects the other and vise versa. This is my view at least. I could say the same thing between a feeler and a thinker when it comes to MBTI or the two extremes between the top 2% in conscientiousness and the bottom 2%. They essentially split people in two.

Well sure, atheism is a more likely result from a critical thinker, and theism more likely from an emotional reasoner. It's more of a side effect.

Indoctrination fucks with everything of course, and even the most critical thinker can be programmed at a young age. It can be hard to break out. We witness the effects of this on the forum every day.