RE: Faux News: Atheism is a religion, too
March 21, 2013 at 1:32 am
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2013 at 1:41 am by barbend.)
There are many different definitions of religion and many of these definitions can include things that are not stereotypically thought of as religions. William Cavanaugh a professor at DePaul university (I think) outlines this exact conundrum that many things can be considered religion. One of the best examples would be nationalism and nationalistic pride along with many political belief sets. Feel free to read up on these as many people define religion too strictly.
I define myself as a religious atheist for this reason, I consider it a religion in and of it self. We must learn to separate theism from religion as they are quite distinct. Examples of this would be Daoism (Taoism) and how there is no theistic figure but it is still a religion.
I have to say that I agree strongly with many of the points Apophenia has been making on this thread and that she is well academically backed (which should mean a lot given that most of us here are atheists of one variety or another).
I define myself as a religious atheist for this reason, I consider it a religion in and of it self. We must learn to separate theism from religion as they are quite distinct. Examples of this would be Daoism (Taoism) and how there is no theistic figure but it is still a religion.
I have to say that I agree strongly with many of the points Apophenia has been making on this thread and that she is well academically backed (which should mean a lot given that most of us here are atheists of one variety or another).
