Concerned About Atheisim

[Bob Kelso]

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

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I certainly hope not, I like that atheists out there are attempting to form groups, I miss having such a community sometimes, but I think the ones who are calling it 'atheist church' and holding it on Sundays are going about it in a counter-productive way. Atheism itself holds no dogma, it's the moniker that describes one who has no belief in gods, nothing more. If you wish to judge each atheist by his words (and more importantly his actions) then please feel free.

I don't blindly believe everything that science says, I am a free thinker.

That's kind of the point of science.

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.

If you mean 'try to take over' as in the dissolution of religion through peaceful discourse or a possible scientific disproof in the future then yes, but that is more on the side of anti-theism, not atheism. As far as 'put themselves above all else', there are people who do that but I'm not one of them.

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.

Some are arrogant, for example; I can let my anger at some aspects of religion (or myself for ever having believed it in the past for that matter) get the better of me at times and be an arrogant prick but I'm working on it.

Science's very nature inspires confidence, but it is best not to be over-confident. There is always room for human error and a lack of current understanding, that being said; science requires no beliefs.

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.

You and I share the same appreciation for the rational line of thought and the hope in avoiding yet another monster to battle, figuratively speaking of course.

As a former atheist I confidently say that I came to faith primarily by rational reflection. The fact that you think this impossible means that you are not thinking freely but are a slave to your antireligious bigotry.

Translation: "Nu-uh, you."