RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 11:48 am
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2021 at 11:53 am by Simon Moon.)
(November 2, 2021 at 10:28 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: The correct answer for the dictionary definition of an atheist is : “I don’t know” regarding the existence of the afterlife and souls. A few of you have said that, in different words.
This is not the correct answer.
There are more than several sects of Buddhism, that are atheistic, in that they do not believe in the existence of gods, yet they have plenty of beliefs in souls and the afterlife.
Oh, and by the way, you do know that dictionaries do not define words in absolute terms. They define word usage.
But let me add, that, no definition of atheist I have ever seen, has anything to do with souls and an afterlife. Atheism only concerns the position of whether one disbelieves in gods. There are plenty of atheists that believe in souls and an afterlife.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
