(May 21, 2015 at 4:55 pm)Anima Wrote:Sigh. No. There are no subelements to atheism. There aren't any to theism either. It's binary: do you believe at least one deity is actually real, yes or no? If yes, theist; if no, atheist.(May 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Then kindly stop conflating atheism with anything but...y'know, atheism.
Might we say that atheism like evolution is comprised of sub elements to it?
Evolution maybe said to be the theory which arise out of chaos theory, naturalism, genetics, and natural selection.
As such we may say that Atheism is comprised of several sub elements.
Atheism seems to be comprised of realativism, empiricism/materialism, and skepticism.
The element which I am focusing on is the empiricism/materialism portion.
Evolution is a theory based on observations and confirmed hypotheses. Genetics and chaos theory weren't even known to Darwin when he formulated the theory. Natural selection is the mechanism that explains the theory and is part and parce of it.
It's not as such.
It only seems to be comprised of these things if you have serious troubles distinguishing which of those things is not like the others.
You can certainly focus on that if you like, but it's not a portion of atheism. Atheism and theism can be features or parts of belief systems, ideologies, life stances, religions, or world views; but those things can't be a part of atheism or theism, which are merely differing opinions on the subject of whether any gods are real.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.