God Became a Mirage

[Edward]

@Edward


Welcome.

Umm no offence, ,but is English your second language? Is there something you don't grasp about atheism being a lack of belief in god(s), period"? NOTHING else is implied or may be inferred.

No offense taken. But you saying, "NOTHING, period," and directly insulting me by indicating that I have a language deficit that limits my understanding is itself proof that you hold a very firm atheistic doctrine. In your doctrine which you apparently hold dogmatically to, atheism = no belief in God (with or without ever defining God/god.) And my guess is, you have other requirements, too, and if I talk to you long enough, I'd find them out. My guess is that you really hold to a very faith-based religion you call atheism. Your god is different, but it's still a god, and your morality stems from serving that god. And the priests of that god act just like any other priest and you accept wholeheartedly their preaching and leadership. Of course, that's just my guess.

There is no such thing as "an atheist culture" nor can there be by definition. The word "culture" is broad,but simply means "that which is taken for granted".

That's not the definition of culture. Culture is the environment created by a society acting in an accepted way, sharing in accepted rituals, and generally believing in reality in a certain common way. There is an atheist culture. You can say there isn't. You can say anything you want. If there wasn't a culture, there wouldn't be forums and blogs and books like "The Atheist Way."

Amongst atheists you will find vastly divergent views, philosophies and ideologies,but no consensus. Not even, it seems, on definitions.

I thought you just told me that all atheists believe there is no God? Maybe you're not the best spokesperson for all atheists.

People such as Richard Dawkins write of their world views, which include atheism,but are not representative of all atheists. I'm not overly impressed by Dawkins;he's no Bertram Russell. (one the few thinkers who have knocked my socks off)

Bertrand Russell died decades ago. The living priests of atheism are Dawkins, Hitchens, etc.

I am an atheist by some standards and not by others. To the religious, I'm an atheist, because I deny the existence of their God. To hardline atheists, I'm a pantheist. To me, I'm a monist. Though you imply that I have limited intelligence because of a language problem, the truth is, I probably fit the definition of "atheist" that you are espousing here more than you do.