(July 24, 2018 at 5:10 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:*emphasis mine*(July 24, 2018 at 2:59 am)Huggy74 Wrote: 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.
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.
Or you could just use the word atheist...
Just as you would file a theistic religion under theism, you'd file an atheist religion under atheism.
Take 'Sunday Assembly' for example, a religious organization of atheists that claim to be like a church without the 'God bit".
https://www.sundayassembly.com/
Quote:This is a notice that I am quitting the work that I was doing day-to-day and using my time as CEO (I’m not going anywhere!) to do the thing that is needed more than ever – devoting as much of my energies as possible to spreading the word of what Sunday Assembly does
Would you not file a godless church under atheism, the same way you'd file a god worshiping church under theism?