RE: Is atheism a belief?
February 18, 2019 at 12:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2019 at 12:57 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 18, 2019 at 5:21 am)Agnostico Wrote:(February 16, 2019 at 12:58 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Atheism predates christianity. The oldest expression of atheism on record is somewhere around 1k years older than the oldest expression of christianity on record.Simon Moon Wrote:People disbelieved in gods LONG before Christianity.
Well thats exactly what I said elsewhere on this forum and you rejected it Bolga man. LoL.
The reason I say "no Christianity no atheism" is because I don't think Ive ever seen an atheist attacking Hinduism or anything else.
The reason why you don't see atheists attacking Hinduism (as often), is because the vast majority of atheists on this forum live in western countries, where the majority religion is some form of Christianity. And the vast majority of theists we encounter, either here or in real life, are also Christians.
Hinduism is no more or less irrational and superstitious as Christianity.
If Hindus gained some real political power in the US, or other western countries, and tried to get their unsupported magic claims taught in public school science courses or tried to legislate their Hindu scriptural morality in our society (like Christians do), then you can bet I'd be just as vocal against them.
Quote:That true. So many different opinions.
That is because there is no atheist dogma, doctrine, leaders, holy books, or tenants. Atheism is not a world view. It is a single position on a single claim.
Atheism is, in fact, a response to a claim. Theists claim gods exist, atheists are unconvinced of the arguments and 'evidence' that theists provide for their god claims.
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.
