(March 14, 2017 at 9:59 am)ma5t3r0fpupp3t5 Wrote: That's right. It's a common misconception that atheism entails certain worldviews and beliefs, such as scepticism, accepting evolution, and so on. Such beliefs are often the cause and result of someone being an atheist, and that is why atheism tends to be viewed as an ideology.
Theism is also sometimes viewed as an ideology when, just as in atheism, this isn't the case. All it means is belief in a God who actively participates in the Universe. Theists don't have to be religious, although nearly all of them are.
What I've heard e.g. from the A+ crowd or PZ Myers is that an atheist *activist* today should also include other progressive causes because fighting for secularism and the recognition of atheists often entails battling religious bigotry and defending women's rights against religious interference, and that to me makes sense to a certain point. But saying that atheism itself includes those things does not appear helpful.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
