RE: Is atheism a belief?
February 28, 2019 at 9:48 am
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2019 at 9:53 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Sure, it's the status of god beliefs themselves that extend the helping hand there. You may not be a tooth fairy believer, but since this is common to us all it doesn't differentiate anything about us in the slightest and being an atoothfaryist just doesn't seem to have any consequence. Similarly, whenever you consider your atheism (or atheism in general) or whenever we find ourselves discussing atheism..it's understood that we're probably not talking about gods already subjected to cultural abandonment. The conversations and objections and comments swirl around the dominant god claims in our respective cultures. If there weren't dominant god claims we'd be unlikely to notice that we didn't believe in them in the first place.
My recalling the pledge of allegiance, for example, only makes sense where people say it and believe it.
I don't know if it's unique in it's status or consequence, I can think of a few other things like it offhand, but it can certainly be profound and associated with tons of other equally consequential beliefs.
My recalling the pledge of allegiance, for example, only makes sense where people say it and believe it.
I don't know if it's unique in it's status or consequence, I can think of a few other things like it offhand, but it can certainly be profound and associated with tons of other equally consequential beliefs.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
