(February 21, 2010 at 8:10 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: world·view (wûrldvy)
n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung.
1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.
This taken from the Freedictionary.com http://www.thefreedictionary.com/worldview
And I maintain that atheism IS a worldview, certainly a fundamental part of your worldviews.
Otherwise why are you all devoting so much time and effort to it?
If religion is a worldview then atheism( as an opposing belief system) has to be as well.
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Atheism isn't a belief system. It's a rejection of the belief in God or gods. That's it.
There is no inherent dogma, there are no underlying tenets. It doesn't pre-suppose anything, other than the rejection of a belief.
Personally, I devote time to it because I enjoy debate and also like to write in a place where I'm with like-minded individuals. It's also a place where we can escape the overly theistic tenets of western culture. Not a worldview by itself. Not by a long shot. Not unless you consider a disbelief in unicorns a worldview.
