(April 5, 2019 at 3:26 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(April 5, 2019 at 3:18 pm)fademm Wrote: Is atheism just as sectarian as some religions? There seems to be a few different camps out there from people who believe a more "pure" atheism, who do not believe in any "spirituality" to others who are "spiritual but not religious".
Are there different sects within atheism and do some people believe their version of atheism to be "true" while another version of atheism is "false"? Is there an attitude or principle that would help avoid the formation of sectarianism?
"Sectarian" refers to a SECTION of a population, and that can be a religions OR political SECT or a combo of both.
"Secular" is neither religious or political, but the concept that government shall not play favorite, but remain neutral, neither for or against.
*sigh*
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson