RE: Atheism is a religion
January 2, 2012 at 4:12 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2012 at 4:26 am by passionatefool.)
(January 2, 2012 at 3:58 am)chipan Wrote:passionatefool Wrote:In reality, atheism is just simply the lack of a belief in gods or deities.
you can't say it's a belief and then turn around and say it's a lack of belief.
You need to differentiate "belief" they arent all the same. Since I lack the belief in god, which could also mean I dont believe in God, it then can be a belief that is a lack of belief in the existence of god.....which you can sum up to say Atheism is just "simply" a lack of belief in gods or deities because anything you think of can be consider as a belief in a way. A poor example but similar is: I believe in justice, thus I lack the belief in injustice. The term you are using belief here is just brain function.
Once again, just because it is a "belief" doesnt qualify it as a religion unless it is a belief that a supernatural being exists. So this is a poor argument either way.