RE: Reflecting on Atheism.
November 23, 2013 at 11:22 pm
(This post was last modified: November 23, 2013 at 11:22 pm by Michael Schubert.)
(October 20, 2013 at 8:52 pm)arvind13 Wrote: "To Deny the existence of God is to accept the categories [framework] of monotheism. As these categories fall into disuse, unbelief becomes uninteresting. Atheists say they want a secular world, but a world defined by the absence of the Christian God is still a Christian world. Secularism is like chastity, a condition defined by what it denies. If atheism has a future, it can only be in a Christian world.
Atheism is a late bloom of a Christian passion for truth. No Pagan is ready to sacrifice the pleasure of life for the sake of mere truth. The long delayed consequence of Christian faith was an idolatry of truth that found its most complete expression in Atheism."
That part about a secular world that is still a Christian world doesn't make very much sense. How can the world be secular when there are so many different religions in it? I think he means secular government. I don't think atheists necessarily want a secular world (except for the fundamentalist bigots like Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins) entirely. The rationalist atheists are respectful of peoples' theistic religions as long as no one interferes with science or secular government. At least, I am.
