[Serious] Atheist Dogma

[Mister Agenda]

Not all atheists are humanists, and a theist can be a humanist just as well as any atheist.  Why would a person call themself a humanist if they weren't, just because they didn't believe in gods?  We've already been over this.

Can you explain some problem with the definition of the word theist, or atheist...or not?

No, I cannot do that - I just spend time writing these post for fun, genius. 

Shits and giggles - that's all it is to me 

A serious thread, is it?

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Either one could do that 

"Theism is belief in God," protects the theist religious doctrine, and atheists' dogma

Defining theism to be an ontological doctrine challenges the religious doctrine that belief and knowledge is magically installed into the soul.

What's the dogma of atheism again?

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One thing that has often irritated me is how much some folks complain of our having a belief system who can't get past one belief I don't have. Sure I have a belief system. It isn't based on atheism, it eventually led me to atheism. But when I say I don't believe in God and you get wrapped up in what my actual beliefs (I know some consider it a dirty word but it just means considering something true or correct and applies to facts as well as spooky crap) might be because you (royal you) think I'm being cagey about what I believe. You haven't even gotten around to what I believe because we're still hung up on the word 'atheist'.

One day I hope when getting asked if you're an atheist and you say yes the usual follow up question will not involve a treatise on the semantics and etymology of the word atheist or the moral and philosophical implications; but something more interesting like: 'Oh, how did you come to be an atheist?'. Because that actually tells you something about the person you're talking to.