(May 22, 2015 at 5:13 pm)Anima Wrote: As such, under Atheism, any reference to the self, sentience, the conscience, or your person either directly or indirectly would be assertions that are not based on objective observations and thereby largely imaginary .(emphasis mine)
There is no "under Atheism." Atheism is not: a philosophy, a religion, a set of principles, a political group, a social group, a movement, or anything else remotely organized. An a atheist is quite simply a person who lacks a belief in a god or gods. Atheist may be superstitious. They may believe in all sorts of nonsense including: UFO's, out of body experiences, life after death, ghosts, ESP, time travel, etc. Buddhists are atheist and they believe in reincarnation.
Interestingly, the term atheist was first coined by the Romans to describe Christians and Jews, because they did not believe in gods, just a single god. You, as a Catholic, are atheistic about Zeus, Thor, Ra, Allah, and a whole plethora of other gods. But I would not consider you monotheistic as you probably believe in angels, the devil, and perhaps supernaturally powerful saints, all of whom I would consider to be gods, just not a single all powerful god.
When you say "under atheism" you are really describing philosophies that lead to atheism such as skepticism. But a person who does not believe in a god need not be a skeptic or a sophist, or anything else.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.