RE: What do you call a non follower of neither atheism or theism
January 17, 2014 at 7:30 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2014 at 7:33 pm by ShaMan.)
(January 17, 2014 at 7:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:You've illustrated my point perfectly. What does a label do but corner a person/object? If I call myself an 'atheist' you'll assign to me that I reject the claims of theism, and the opposite if I call myself a 'theist'. If I avoid the label, then you're left with seeing me for what I am, and not for what your label 'says' I am according to that label. You may later label me as a result of your observations, but the label is something YOU create for me, and is not a necessarily an accurate descriptor of me.Quote:People get really uncomfortable around a "Non-conformist" don't they?
But what IS a non-conformist? Suppose alien beings from the planet Ozmulakk have different notions of conformity, how will we know whether to get uncomfortable or not?
Quote:For being "free" thinkers there are sure some "stuck" thinkers here. Now that's a label.
But you can't tell if someone is a free thinker or a 'stuck' thinker - for all you know, they're fibbing about their gender.
Boru