(July 23, 2014 at 5:42 pm)Rabb Allah Wrote:(July 23, 2014 at 5:09 pm)Blackout Wrote: I'm not talking about semantics here. I'm talking about the social use of the word 'fundamentalist' applied to atheist, putting semantics aside, as an adherence to a set of doctrines.
No I am talking semantics, I am using the word Fundamentalist in a semantical manner. I am stating that Atheism is by default Fundamentalistic because there is only 1 abiding principle or universal factor amongst atheists and that is lack of belief in any gods. I am making a mockery of the word fundamentalist.
You seem to be taking this assertion to seriously actually. This is an old argument I used to make in regards to Atheism. If you are not a fundamentalist Atheist you aren't an atheist as there is only a singular fundamental requisite to be an atheist.
When is the last time you heard of a Theistic Atheist?
Well atheists and theists are opposites regarding the same proposition. But hey I'll correct the said principle again, atheism may not be a lack of belief in gods, it can be the belief that no gods exist. I am an agnostic atheist generally, but I am a gnostic atheist to religions.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
