Atheism is the punk rock of religion

[Reforged]

If you seriously want to use this kind of reasoning then fine. I'm game.
By that same definition Christians are atheists because they don't believe in Allah and Muslims are atheists because they don't believe in Yahweh. The same reasoning can be applied to every single religion in the world.
Well I guess we'd better call everyone an atheist now.
Anyone else get the feeling this is going to get confusing?

Get with the plan Raphael. Atheism = lack of belief in God. That's it. It's not confusing.

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There are atheists that disagree with this, but we chase them off with big sticks whenever they show their faces on AF. Hence the knee jerk reaction above to any suggestion that atheists might touch philosophy with a barge pole. You'd have to be thick skinned to carry off that as an atheist around here. Which I would respect.

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Your personal philosophy I would categorise as materialism. You disregard anything you can't sense/ anything you can establish by thought alone. That is a possible subset of atheism, just as Christianity is a subset of theism.

(Just so's you know Raphael: I have you on ignore. I don't usually get to see what you post. Nor do I usually have the option to unhide your posts unless it's a rare occasion that I'm on my laptop or not viewing the mobile site/s.)

"(Just so's you know Raphael: I have you on ignore. I don't usually get to see what you post. Nor do I usually have the option to unhide your posts unless it's a rare occasion that I'm on my laptop or not viewing the mobile site/s.)"
Ah, the grandest retreat of all. Does everyone see the level of intellectual cowardice displayed here? Still, I have a duty to respond. What can I say? Some people have integrity, might wanna look up that definition someday Fr0d0.

I would not disagree with this definition of Atheism. Someone who has no Gods and no belief system is someone we cannot class as being part of any religion. So we call them Atheists, period. A religious person can display atheist views toward another religion but not of their own so they would not be called an Atheist. They would be classed by the beliefs they do hold, not the beliefs they do not.

And now the grandest victory of all! I knew you couldn't resist but respond to this fr0d0 and I have been waiting for this inevitable response with great anticipation. I will now quote you directly:
"Atheism = lack of belief in God."
In your own words thats simply what it is, a lack of belief and nothing else.
Ergo; *NOT* a religious position.
Thank you and goodnight... at least until you decide you can see my post despite having blocked me, again. :-)