RE: Atheism is a religion
January 8, 2012 at 12:29 am
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2012 at 12:35 am by Blam!.)
amkerman...
So far, you failed to distinguish the difference of atheism, belief, faith and religion. Your previous statements demonstrated your lack of understanding over the basic of definition.
Scenario:
"I believe I have the pencil in my hands" said Mike with the pencil in his hands.
"Ah-ha! So you have belief. Therefore, you are religious!" said the moron.
"Wut?" said the Mike perplexed at stupidity of moron.
The single word of "belief" is not enough context to make the one religious. According to the definition of religion, you need the belief in the existence of deities, purpose of the universe, supernatural and spirituality to be religious. The definition of Atheism implied lack of belief in the existence of deities nor any beliefs accord to the definition of "religion". So, atheism is not religion.
Lack of belief in the existence of deities counts as a faith; Therefore, atheism is a religion? No, no. Let's look at this basic definitions of faith:
2)No.. Science doesn't work in that way. I love to use science to refute silly superstitious beliefs.
3)No, No, No... Atheism lack these.
4)Perhaps... Religious? No.
5)No.. Atheism doesn't have deity of any sort that we can use our faith of.
You see, there is many basic meanings in a single word which is why we need context.
Now, can you distinguish the difference between:
A - I have faith in Jesus Christ as a God
B - I have faith in my sister's skills
What is A and B have in common? Faith, yep. But what makes A and B statement mutually exclusive? A statement is religious. B statement is not religious.
So what makes you think Atheism is a religion?
So far, you failed to distinguish the difference of atheism, belief, faith and religion. Your previous statements demonstrated your lack of understanding over the basic of definition.
Scenario:
"I believe I have the pencil in my hands" said Mike with the pencil in his hands.
"Ah-ha! So you have belief. Therefore, you are religious!" said the moron.
"Wut?" said the Mike perplexed at stupidity of moron.
The single word of "belief" is not enough context to make the one religious. According to the definition of religion, you need the belief in the existence of deities, purpose of the universe, supernatural and spirituality to be religious. The definition of Atheism implied lack of belief in the existence of deities nor any beliefs accord to the definition of "religion". So, atheism is not religion.
Lack of belief in the existence of deities counts as a faith; Therefore, atheism is a religion? No, no. Let's look at this basic definitions of faith:
Quote:noun1)Perhaps, I have faith. Besides, I have confidence in my own blacksmith sword skills - does that make me religious? No..
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
4. belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.: to be of the same faith with someone concerning honesty.
5. a system of religious belief: the Christian faith; the Jewish faith.
2)No.. Science doesn't work in that way. I love to use science to refute silly superstitious beliefs.
3)No, No, No... Atheism lack these.
4)Perhaps... Religious? No.
5)No.. Atheism doesn't have deity of any sort that we can use our faith of.
You see, there is many basic meanings in a single word which is why we need context.
Now, can you distinguish the difference between:
A - I have faith in Jesus Christ as a God
B - I have faith in my sister's skills
What is A and B have in common? Faith, yep. But what makes A and B statement mutually exclusive? A statement is religious. B statement is not religious.
So what makes you think Atheism is a religion?
