RE: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.
January 19, 2013 at 8:54 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2013 at 8:55 pm by Ryantology.)
Asking to reject all irrational beliefs may be a bit extreme, irrationality is part of the human experience, and being irrational is not exactly the same as believing in the impossible. Believing you can win the lottery is definitely irrational, but it's also far from impossible.
I guess it boils down to how serious those irrational beliefs are, and how strongly they influence your life. The same irrational belief which leads one to plunk down five bucks on the lottery when the jackpot is really high is fundamentally the same irrational belief that leads one to spend a hundred on it.
But, believing in things that are not possible at all, that's a different story. I don't know if Nessie technically counts as supernatural, but except for the specific properties being different, Nessie might as well be a ghost, no?
It means non-belief in gods of any kind.
I guess it boils down to how serious those irrational beliefs are, and how strongly they influence your life. The same irrational belief which leads one to plunk down five bucks on the lottery when the jackpot is really high is fundamentally the same irrational belief that leads one to spend a hundred on it.
But, believing in things that are not possible at all, that's a different story. I don't know if Nessie technically counts as supernatural, but except for the specific properties being different, Nessie might as well be a ghost, no?
Quote:In its literal sense it only means non belief in the biblical 'God'.
It means non-belief in gods of any kind.
