RE: Atheism
July 24, 2018 at 3:28 am
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2018 at 3:33 am by Amarok.)
Quote:Wrong buddy.
Nope
Quote:The 'ism' in atheism denotes a system.we have been over this not everything that is an ism is a system or belief it can also be a state of something which atheism is
Quote:Therefore atheism literally means a godless system.Nope it's a state of disbelief nothing else
Quote:You cannot have an ideology without making any assertions.Too bad atheism isn't an ideology
(July 24, 2018 at 3:12 am)Kit Wrote:Kit atheism is a state or condition not a system(July 24, 2018 at 2:59 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Wrong buddy.
The 'ism' in atheism denotes a system.
Therefore atheism literally means a godless system.
You cannot have an ideology without making any assertions.
Let me start by stating I appreciate your difference in opinion dependent upon your personal, subjective interpretation.
Atheism is the system or practice of not believing in god(s). Nothing more. Mayhaps you personally have a vendetta against atheism whereby you want to attribute more to it than it is, but atheism is not a rule-abiding system as is Christianity whereby theists can be lumped in the same group based upon their belief in a deity that is a tyrant.
Correct, atheism is a godless system. At least you got something right, even though you were thinking to turn it into something negative to support your unreasonable stance.
Christianity is an ideology founded on assertions. Your point? "God does not exist" wouldn't be an assertion, however. Until such a god can be proven to exist, it is a fact that god does not exist.
Quote:suffix forming nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine,
Quote:When people talk about "isms," they are referring to some "distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice" like liberalism, communism, conservatism, or pacifism. Atheism has the suffix "ism," so it belongs in this group, right? Wrong: the suffix "ism" also means a "state, condition, attribute, or quality" like pauperism, astigmatism, heroism, anachronism, or metabolism. Is astigmatism a theory?https://www.thoughtco.com/is-atheism-an-ism-249819
Is metabolism a doctrine? Is anachronism a practice? Not every word that ends in "ism" is a system of beliefs or an "ism" in the way people usually mean it. Failure to realize this can be behind other errors here.
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