RE: Atheism is a religion
January 2, 2012 at 1:36 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2012 at 1:47 am by passionatefool.)
(January 2, 2012 at 1:31 am)chipan Wrote:TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:Atheism is a rejection of religion and god.
It is not a set of doctrinal beliefs of any kind. There are no tenets of atheism.
It both isn't and cannot be a religion.
agreed atheists have no religious doctrine or beliefs morally (unless you count humanism) but how can you reject someone you don't think exists? and if you don't think he exists then that is a statement of your spiritual beliefs not science.
Just because it is a belief, doesnt mean it is spiritual, and doesn't mean it is a religion either. The "belief" that there is no god or deity is the lack of spirituality, even though it might relates to it, it is the lack of it. To think or belief there is no god make it a religion, then you have a lot of religions. You are abuddha, avisnu, and so on, and all of your nonbelief in each of these deities make it a religion, so you are not a protestant, you have many religions. While most people are atheists are associate to science, and most scientists are atheist, the two are not one, so it doesn't have to be science to "not" be religion/spiritual.
