Welcome Edward!!!
I do not understand what you mean by "atheist doctrine" exactly...I mean - what doctrines are you talking about?
Atheism itself is simply the absence of belief in God, nothing more, nothing less - by definition. Atheist is not a belief, atheism is not a belief SYSTEM. Atheism is an absence of a belief, an absence of a belief system. One who does not believe in God is an atheist.
If you do not believe in God then you are an atheist. So you could even believe in a Soul or an afterlife or that we are being conscious with nature and still be an atheist IF you do not believe in a "God" i.e a supernatural creator.
So you can be a spiritual atheist and believe in an afterlife or whatever even - for example. Simply because you're still an atheist because you don't believe in God.
I guess it depends how you define God but I at least...simply define God as the supernatural creator, designer, or the universe, etc.
Bruce Lee for example was an atheist because he didn't believe in God...when asked if he believed in God he replied "To be quite frank...I do not" - (I think I must have paraphrased a bit, IF only the punctuation) .
However I think Bruce Lee did believe in an afterlife..; another time when he was asked if he believed in God he replied "I believe in sleeping"...I wonder if he was referring to an afterlife or something...and I'm pretty sure he did believe in an afterlife I think...but I dunno...
Anyway if you don't believe in God...or any "gods" at all - then you are an atheist by definition. You could believe in many crazy things but its the not believing in God - i.e a supernatural creator - that still would make you an atheist by definition.
I assume you could even believe in Ghosts and an afterlife and lots of weird things etc, etc...but if you don't believe in God - you're still an atheist by definition.
If you believe nature or the universe itself is God...or "God is energy" and use God as a metaphor for the universe or nature itself etc...then I believe that would make you a pantheist...what Dawkins has called "sex-upped atheism"...also thought of as the "Einsteinian religion".
Because Einstein didn't actually believe in God...he just used God as a metaphor for the universe, nature, etc...
And Einstein described himself as: "a deeply religious non-believer" and he said "This is a somewhat new kind of religion".
Anyway sorry for the ramble lol...so what do you mean by atheist doctrines? What doctrines are you referring to?
...And more importantly: Welcome to the forums!!
EvF
I do not understand what you mean by "atheist doctrine" exactly...I mean - what doctrines are you talking about?
Atheism itself is simply the absence of belief in God, nothing more, nothing less - by definition. Atheist is not a belief, atheism is not a belief SYSTEM. Atheism is an absence of a belief, an absence of a belief system. One who does not believe in God is an atheist.
If you do not believe in God then you are an atheist. So you could even believe in a Soul or an afterlife or that we are being conscious with nature and still be an atheist IF you do not believe in a "God" i.e a supernatural creator.
So you can be a spiritual atheist and believe in an afterlife or whatever even - for example. Simply because you're still an atheist because you don't believe in God.
I guess it depends how you define God but I at least...simply define God as the supernatural creator, designer, or the universe, etc.
Bruce Lee for example was an atheist because he didn't believe in God...when asked if he believed in God he replied "To be quite frank...I do not" - (I think I must have paraphrased a bit, IF only the punctuation) .
However I think Bruce Lee did believe in an afterlife..; another time when he was asked if he believed in God he replied "I believe in sleeping"...I wonder if he was referring to an afterlife or something...and I'm pretty sure he did believe in an afterlife I think...but I dunno...
Anyway if you don't believe in God...or any "gods" at all - then you are an atheist by definition. You could believe in many crazy things but its the not believing in God - i.e a supernatural creator - that still would make you an atheist by definition.
I assume you could even believe in Ghosts and an afterlife and lots of weird things etc, etc...but if you don't believe in God - you're still an atheist by definition.
If you believe nature or the universe itself is God...or "God is energy" and use God as a metaphor for the universe or nature itself etc...then I believe that would make you a pantheist...what Dawkins has called "sex-upped atheism"...also thought of as the "Einsteinian religion".
Because Einstein didn't actually believe in God...he just used God as a metaphor for the universe, nature, etc...
And Einstein described himself as: "a deeply religious non-believer" and he said "This is a somewhat new kind of religion".
Anyway sorry for the ramble lol...so what do you mean by atheist doctrines? What doctrines are you referring to?
...And more importantly: Welcome to the forums!!
EvF
