(December 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm)padraic Wrote:Quote:What would you say, is this a kind of atheism?
The definition of atheism is simple and unequivocal. IE A disbelief in gods; it is about BELIEF.
But I can also beliefe in pink elephants driving cars without belief that they are gods. And that truely would not have anything to do with atheism but is all about belief. So atheism is also about something that you just call gods, and that was the point. Coming from a monotheistic or also polytheistic religion it might be clear what is meant by 'gods'. But then I have to understand atheism (coming from a family with naturalistic background) as kind of opposition to such religions. But there are so many other possible positions. This is not disposing it all. For an ex-christian or something likely, this would be really a great step for his personal freedom, but seen in entirety is it only this opposition to monotheistic/polytheistic religion? (this is not a rethoric or provocing question, I just want to understand things that are not clear to me).
