(June 27, 2013 at 11:36 am)Faith No More Wrote:PZ Myers Wrote:Boy, I really do hate these guys. You’ve got a discussion going, talking about why you’re an atheist, or what atheism should mean to the community, or some such topic that is dealing with our ideas and society, and some smug wanker comes along and announces that “Atheism means you lack a belief in gods. Nothing more. Quit trying to add meaning to the term.” As if atheism can only be some platonic ideal floating in virtual space with no connections to anything else; as if atheists are people who have attained a zen-like ideal, their minds a void, containing nothing but atheism, which itself is nothing. Dumbasses.
That's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard an atheist say about atheism.
Indeed - that is in fact all that you can say about atheism. Atheists, on the other hand, can hold a number of varied views, but those fall under a different banner.
