RE: Is atheism a belief?
January 24, 2019 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2019 at 1:10 pm by Acrobat.)
(January 24, 2019 at 12:58 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(January 23, 2019 at 11:00 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Abour 20% of people who identify as atheist, also believe in God.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts...a42b25118a
So 20% of people who identify as atheist either filled out the poll incorrectly or don't know the definition of atheist. That's not uncommon, to hear some preachers tell it, an atheist is someone who drinks, fornicates, and doesn't go to church. If you believe that preacher and stop going to church and start fornicating and drinking, you may think that you're an atheist even if you still believe in God. It turns out, evangelical preachers are not a good source for accurate information on atheism. We get some people coming here claiming to be -ex-atheists' who don't seem to have a clue about what atheism is and likely never were actually atheists. Being 'mad at God' doesn't make you an atheist, either (though you might be a maltheist).
Or people take atheism to mean whatever they feel it means, sort of like gender identity. If he believes in God, but feels more like an atheist, he is an atheist.
Who am I to deny how they feel?
It’s like “it’s raining, but I don’t believe it’s raining”
But we should also keep in mind that Christians were often labeled atheists for rejecting the Gods of the majority.
So perhaps they’re using it in this sense.
The meaning of atheisms has changed throughout history, and multiple meanings of it are still in use today. Some people see their defintions as holy scripture, inerrant, and needs to be accepted by everyone.
