(March 13, 2014 at 9:49 pm)psychoslice Wrote: Will atheism one day in the future become like a religion, with its dogma, and fundamentalism belief system ?. Myself I simply don't have a belief in any god, or god's, but I don't call myself an atheist, I don't blindly believe everything that science says, I am a free thinker.
I do agree that its great that so called atheist do keep a balance with religion, after all who is going to keep them honest, but like all belief systems they eventually try to take over, or put themselves above all else.
I might be wrong, but I do feel that atheist are becoming arrogant in their beliefs, it could be that their beliefs in science makes them feel as if they can never be wrong.
I just hope this is not the case, I do like the atheist way of thinking more than the religious way of thinking, but I just hope we are not getting rid of one monster to be replaced with another.
On my part this is not a debate but a simple question, thank you.
People who believe in a god don't need to follow any particular 'religion,' per se. So, likewise, stands to reason, that there will be atheists/agnotsics who may take their views, and preach against religion, like you say...creating sort of a ''counter religion'' to religion. And there will be atheists who don't.
Much will be contingent too on how far religion pushes things in the secular / government arena. If religion keeps trying to veto secular progress, then I can see more of a united front/uprising from atheists/agnostics, in order to keep that from happening. Which would be understandable.
