(February 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm)tavarish Wrote: Atheism isn't a belief system. It's a rejection of the belief in God or gods. That's it.But is that not a belief itself? Since we cannot conclusively disprove the existence of gods.
(February 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm)tavarish Wrote: There is no inherent dogma, there are no underlying tenets. It doesn't pre-suppose anything, other than the rejection of a belief.
But a worldview is not the same as a religion.
(February 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm)tavarish Wrote: 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.
But a disbelief in unicorns is a part of your worldview, a small part but a part none the less.
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