RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 1:38 pm
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2021 at 1:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 2, 2021 at 1:14 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:Atheists don't believe in any god-linked thing - that's contained in the term. You..believe..that there are god-linked things, and this is one of them.(November 2, 2021 at 12:31 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In your belief system, perhaps. There's really nothing else to say on the matter because it's a trivial fact easily discernable by the most shallow investigation of peoples beliefs. Or even the simple definition of the term, which you claimed to refer to.If they believe in other spiritual things which are god-linked than they’re not atheists in the truest sense of the word. Maybe they’re agnostic atheists.
Atheists don't believe in gods. If someone tells you that they're an atheist, you have the answer to that one question. You won't know whether they believe in chakras or karma or ghosts or wizards and fairies...you won't even know if they're religious...unless you ask about those things.
That's all well and good, but a cursory exploration of the range of beliefs about souls and the immaterial and even the supernatural handily demonstrates that it's not actually indicative of being a god believer to believe in those other things, nor is it neccesary to believe in the immaterial or the supernatural to believe in gods or souls. The abrahamic faiths started out as a belief in materialistic gods and souls, for example. Sounds crazy to you, today...you clearly never even imagined as much given your insistence on conflating those beliefs....but there you have it.
Quote:I don’t understand what you’re saying here and you’re confusing me a bit. Atheism is about belief in Gods?Correct, that's all it's about. What the term explicitly refers to. Whether a person holds a belief in any gods. That's what everyone has been trying to explain to you repeatedly - but I was commenting more on your assertion of the rule of opinions, there.
Unless a person shares a belief they don't get to have an opinion? Well..you're not an atheist..but you appear to have opinions about atheism. Follow your own rules, or save yourself the breath insisting that others do.
Weak shit about work, too. Didn't seem to get in the way of you saying batshit things to us, but now that you've said em you're just too busy and don't understand anything?
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