RE: Atheist Dogma
April 19, 2020 at 7:00 pm
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2020 at 7:01 pm by Prof.Lunaphiles.)
(April 19, 2020 at 6:20 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:Quote:think there may be an ideological motivation to the view that bicycles and lizards should be called atheist.Their isn'tQuote:Some people here seem to think that there is a natural and normal way to see the world, and religion is added over this as some kind of distorting overlay. If people weren't indoctrinated, we would all see the world as a good scientist does.NopeQuote:I don't think this is correct. Babies are born without beliefs, then they learn explanations for how the world works. They can learn religious explanations, or they can learn scientific ones. Or a mixture. Or they can learn one and later change. Both are taught, and we use the word "indoctrinated" for the one we disapprove of, and "taught" for the one we prefer.NopeQuote:Calling bicycles and lizards, and all the vast reaches of space where no people are, "atheist" reinforces this interpretation that the natural default condition of the universe is atheism. But it doesn't tell us what really happens in people's minds.We have never argued that
Just more evidence your atheism is a facade
If there is a litmus test beyond the disbelief of gods, then atheism is bigger than what you think, and is approaching my definition that it is a political doctrine that opposes the use of theist doctrine for the basis of public policy.