RE: Atheism is a religion
January 2, 2012 at 4:53 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2012 at 4:56 am by Jackalope.)
If by "atheism is a religion" one means that atheism is lacking all of the qualities that it would be required to have for it to be a religion, then yeah, I guess it's a religion. No fair quote mining, mind you.
Atheism is nothing but the rejection of theistic/deistic claims regarding the existence of one or more deities.
It has no dogma, no scripture, no gods, no tenets, no worship, no rituals, no faith, no spirituality, no supernaturality, no organization, and in fact takes no position on any issue at all, with the exception to the rejection of claims of deity. It's not a rejection of god, it's a rejection that of the belief gods exist. It has fuck all to do with morality, evolutionary biology, cosmology, phase of the moon, day of the week, or anything else for that matter.
On the other hand, if you want to call it a belief, call it a belief that claims of deity are bunk. That's it.
This is so fucking simple, it's mind-boggling that some don't get it.
Atheism is nothing but the rejection of theistic/deistic claims regarding the existence of one or more deities.
It has no dogma, no scripture, no gods, no tenets, no worship, no rituals, no faith, no spirituality, no supernaturality, no organization, and in fact takes no position on any issue at all, with the exception to the rejection of claims of deity. It's not a rejection of god, it's a rejection that of the belief gods exist. It has fuck all to do with morality, evolutionary biology, cosmology, phase of the moon, day of the week, or anything else for that matter.
On the other hand, if you want to call it a belief, call it a belief that claims of deity are bunk. That's it.
This is so fucking simple, it's mind-boggling that some don't get it.
