(September 12, 2011 at 9:00 am)Epimethean Wrote: So we agree that atheism isn't a worldview.
Yup. Given the title of the thread, it was funny when somebody insisted I had an obvious mental block because I refused to see atheism was not a worldview.
Regardless, no it's not a worldview, but it is informed by worldviews. I saw that feature at the bottom where it list old related posts. I opened one up and one of the first bits I saw was a discussion akin to the accommodationist vs confrontationist thread going now. This statement was speaking not about atheism, but the particular person's attitudes and behavior as to the way atheists should view fundies.
It's a perfect example of the mix and match nature of the worldview beast: "To me it smacks of fundamentalism at it's worst. Even with rational and reasoned backing, you're acting out what your cause detests."
In worldview speak, this could be rendered as Even with rational and reasoned backing [the rational pov], you are behaving in the same way as the mythic pov you say you hate.
