The Sects of Atheism

[Nay_Sayer]

You seem to be under the impression that views on gods necessarily entails specific views on souls and the afterlife.  They do not.  I can be an atheist and believe in the existence of souls and an afterlife.  Some belief systems about gods assume things about gods, souls, and the afterlife.  Belief in the Christian god entails beliefs about souls and the afterlife, but atheism isn't about the Christian god alone.  Atheism in general isn't one of those belief systems and says nothing about souls and the afterlife.

By the way, dictionaries disagree on proper usage, but in general only report how people use a word; they really have no authority to dictate how a word should be used.

You seem to be under the impression that Atheism is a loosely defined word and so far I’ve discovered 3 sects here which I will explain in the end with some more sects that made the news in an official church.
Do you guys even know what you stand for and what you oppose?
The questions I’m asking relate specifically to religions (Buddhism included) and your definitions are “a lack of belief in gods).
So where are you in this spectrum and the questions I mentioned?

Devout pastafarian.

The only way to the great beyond is through FSM.  Obviously we have souls if we didn't then who are all those chicken soup books for?

Cheers. I like your laid back attitude…. For now.

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Just as a note: an atheist CAN believe in souls and/or an afterlife, it's unusual among Western atheists, but I have met Buddhists who don't believe in any gods but do believe in reincarnation. I've met atheists who believe in ghosts as well. There just as much an atheist as I am, since they don't believe any deific beings are actually real.

If an “atheist” believes this than they’re not atheists.

To the OP: Self-reports about why people believe what they do can be interesting but not very instructive. Maybe you could just hang out for a while and get a sense of who everyone is personally and become part of the community.

You know if we had absolute evidence on these existential questions we wouldn’t be having this convo and myself and most of the world would be atheist or theist depending on what the absolute evidence says. This is basically an eternal human discussion.

One can disagree without being disagreeable. Since you’ve been snarky and condescending since your first intro post, this doesn’t seem to be a skill you’ve mastered.

Boru

But aren’t most posts here snarky and condescending in regards to religion? I mean I was browsing yesterday and today and saw some gems.
I’m not upset with all that. It’s pretty common. So the way I communicate is basically more direct and a direct response to other posts which can be condescending or assuming or generalizing intentions.

Sounds ominous