RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 18, 2018 at 11:13 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2018 at 11:14 am by Peebothuhlu.)
At work.
Hello!
First off, I just want to start small. Which is why I'm just replying to the above.
One of the possible problems with your conversational disconnects is that words are only ever descriptive of 'Things'.
The meanings people attatch to them change over both time, cultural and technical usage.
Heck.... new words keep being made up for new ideas and some times old words have to be re-adjusted to fit around the new paradigm.
So, when you post your words. Some one of a different culture, or age group, or techical background etc could quite probably assign a very different meaning/understanding to the words they are reading.
While I don't have a problem/issue with how people label themselves, I understand that when two people start trying to share ideas they have to take extra time to share their own understanding of the words they are using to share said ideas.
Of course, the problem with this is, now you're using words to try and describe other words. An endeavour that can be problematic.
Now, personally, I identify my self/stance on the diety issue as 'Non-theist' as I feel such a term has the best 'Fit' for my current mental state.
If some one else wanted to label my mental state simply as 'Agnostic'? I'd be okay with that as a kind of 'Place holder' as we work out our understanding of one anothers.
I hope my rambling post has been of some edification to oourself with my first direct reply to you.
Cheers.
(December 9, 2018 at 9:51 am)Agnostico Wrote: ......Whenever I say that atheism is based on belief just like theism is I get a strong rejection from atheists. ....
Hello!
First off, I just want to start small. Which is why I'm just replying to the above.
One of the possible problems with your conversational disconnects is that words are only ever descriptive of 'Things'.
The meanings people attatch to them change over both time, cultural and technical usage.
Heck.... new words keep being made up for new ideas and some times old words have to be re-adjusted to fit around the new paradigm.
So, when you post your words. Some one of a different culture, or age group, or techical background etc could quite probably assign a very different meaning/understanding to the words they are reading.
While I don't have a problem/issue with how people label themselves, I understand that when two people start trying to share ideas they have to take extra time to share their own understanding of the words they are using to share said ideas.
Of course, the problem with this is, now you're using words to try and describe other words. An endeavour that can be problematic.
Now, personally, I identify my self/stance on the diety issue as 'Non-theist' as I feel such a term has the best 'Fit' for my current mental state.
If some one else wanted to label my mental state simply as 'Agnostic'? I'd be okay with that as a kind of 'Place holder' as we work out our understanding of one anothers.
I hope my rambling post has been of some edification to oourself with my first direct reply to you.
Cheers.
