RE: Atheism
July 24, 2018 at 5:10 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2018 at 5:13 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 24, 2018 at 2:59 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(June 25, 2018 at 8:37 pm)Kit Wrote: This is for those who always assert atheism is something it isn't.
Wrong buddy.
The 'ism' in atheism denotes a system.
Therefore atheism literally means a system based on the non existence of God.
You cannot have an ideology without making any assertions.
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So, what if we used the term "non believer" in place of atheism?
Does that now mean the position of disbelieving in theist's claims that gods exist, is no longer an ideology? I eliminated the 'ism', so that must mean that my disbelief in gods is no longer a system or an ideology, right?
I am glad we can finally agree on something.
You are too hung up on the word, and not paying attention to our actual positions.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
