Most humans do this, and admittedly I am guilty of it too.
We say "I am an atheist" or, "I am Jewish" or, "I am Buddhist", or "I am Christian" or "I am a Muslim" or, "I am a Hindu."
No, those are positions we hold, not a separate species, not a gene. None of us can help were we are born, nor can we help what skin tone or facial features we are born with. But we can and do scrap one position and move to another position. There are former Muslims who have become Christians, and former Christians who have become Muslims, and former Buddhists and former Jews too.
One can be sold a social norm at birth, anywhere in the world, and grow up to realize the do not buy the claims their parents or society sold them at one time, and adapt another position, or simply scrap the idea of religion altogether.
I do hold the position there are no god/s/Supernatural right now. I am currently an agnostic atheist. I cannot say that I will always hold this position, because I have not lived my entire future. But even with the future, I see it so fleetingly unlikely to have that gap filled with the super natural, it is not worth considering. I do not see myself currently ever falling back into any religion as long as I am in my lucid state.
The first thing all 7 billion of us are are humans. Anything else we say as far as "I am" is not referring to a separate species or a gene, but a position we hold.
We say "I am an atheist" or, "I am Jewish" or, "I am Buddhist", or "I am Christian" or "I am a Muslim" or, "I am a Hindu."
No, those are positions we hold, not a separate species, not a gene. None of us can help were we are born, nor can we help what skin tone or facial features we are born with. But we can and do scrap one position and move to another position. There are former Muslims who have become Christians, and former Christians who have become Muslims, and former Buddhists and former Jews too.
One can be sold a social norm at birth, anywhere in the world, and grow up to realize the do not buy the claims their parents or society sold them at one time, and adapt another position, or simply scrap the idea of religion altogether.
I do hold the position there are no god/s/Supernatural right now. I am currently an agnostic atheist. I cannot say that I will always hold this position, because I have not lived my entire future. But even with the future, I see it so fleetingly unlikely to have that gap filled with the super natural, it is not worth considering. I do not see myself currently ever falling back into any religion as long as I am in my lucid state.
The first thing all 7 billion of us are are humans. Anything else we say as far as "I am" is not referring to a separate species or a gene, but a position we hold.
