RE: Atheist Dogma
April 18, 2020 at 6:37 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2020 at 6:42 pm by Belacqua.)
(April 18, 2020 at 9:36 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: It makes no difference how you reached your state of disbelief in a god, you can be an atheist for good reasons, bad reasons or no reason at all, the only requirement for being an Atheist is not believing in a god.
I'm not arguing against that. I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea that the only thing all atheists have in common is that they don't believe.
Nonetheless, people in society don't reach their mental states independently of that society. When we're talking about thinking people who have heard and rejected religious claims, there are things we can say about such people.
(April 18, 2020 at 9:46 am)Brian37 Wrote: Humans do not want accept that when we make claims of God/gods/dieities/super natural, all we are really doing as a species is projecting our own image, qualities, fears, narcissism, in a mirror. Much like a dog or cat will mistake it's reflection in a mirror as a rival.
Yes, that's a reasonable argument.
Quote:But as far as "aliens" sorry. I can agree other intelligent life exists in a universe of trillions of galaxies. But outside of communication, time and distance and the physical energy to overcome those distances to see other life person to person, is out of reach.
In the face of challenging old religion and old mythology, I warn those not to replace old mythology with si fi mythology.
You're right. I don't intend to make any claims about aliens, and I certainly don't expect them to behave the way they do in Star Trek or something.
I only brought them up to say that there is a possibility there could be living creatures who understand the world better than humans can. Beyond that theoretical possibility, I won't make any claims.
(April 18, 2020 at 4:46 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Usually spelling and grammar don't bother me because i'm terrible at both myself but you have to stop mixing up "Weather" and "Whether".
Both Gaebonics and Sungulese seem to be minority atheist dialects.
They may be just another way to give the finger to their interlocutors -- by showing they don't care enough to write correctly.