(January 24, 2013 at 1:22 pm)Ben Davis Wrote: Atheism only refers to disbelief in one position therefore I reject it as a label because it doesn't tell what I do believe; it has no power to describe my values.
I don't think this is accurate. It rejects religious dogma. Therefor it values the absence of religious dogma. Which, I guess technically it's an implication, but the lack of appreciation of religious dogma suggests an appreciation for something more substantial, usually evidence and science. Although inferred, that implication has real value for me. I don't want to be lumped in with the mindless zombies that are some 80% of the rest of America. I'm happy to have a label that says "not part of the indoctrinated 80%." Technically, the label says no more. But I haven't met an atheist that didn't have a strong appreciation for science, or at least a strong sense of ridicule for the complete lack of solid evidence to suggest there is a supernatural creator.
I also like the idea of reappropriation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappropriation#Religion
