Atheism

[LadyForCamus]

[Angrboda]

Not to horn in on your discussion here, but there may be an underlying dilemma here that I think needs pointing out. When we speak of scientific evidence, unless we're simply talking about evidence gathered using the tools of science, but rather referring to evidence of an underlying cause, I'm not sure one can have such about a single, one-time miraculous event. Science is about the nature of ordered phenomena, detecting patterns in behaviors that repeat themselves, so to speak of scientific evidence of a one-time phenomena is something of an oxymoron, imho, as we might be able to detect such an event, but we couldn't really make any scientific inferences from that event. Or, at least, I think. This probably gets balled up into the question of universals and how we create generalities from particular cases, but I'm too foggy this morning to go there.

[Huggy Bear]

This is for those who always assert atheism is something it isn't.

Wrong buddy.

The 'ism' in atheism denotes a system.

Therefore atheism literally means a system based on the non existence of God.

You cannot have an ideology without making any assertions.

[Kitan Etos]

Wrong buddy.

The 'ism' in atheism denotes a system.

Therefore atheism literally means a godless system.

You cannot have an ideology without making any assertions.

Let me start by stating I appreciate your difference in opinion dependent upon your personal, subjective interpretation.

Atheism is the system or practice of not believing in god(s). Nothing more. Mayhaps you personally have a vendetta against atheism whereby you want to attribute more to it than it is, but atheism is not a rule-abiding system as is Christianity whereby theists can be lumped in the same group based upon their belief in a deity that is a tyrant.

Correct, atheism is a godless system. At least you got something right, even though you were thinking to turn it into something negative to support your unreasonable stance.

Christianity is an ideology founded on assertions. Your point? "God does not exist" wouldn't be an assertion, however. Until such a god can be proven to exist, it is a fact that god does not exist.

[Amarok]

[Huggy Bear]

Metabolism refers to a system...

So much fail in that post.

[Kitan Etos]

Metabolism refers to a system...

So much fail in that post.

Get back to me when you have something more relevant to contribute.

[I_am_not_mafia]

[KevinM1]

The system atheism refers to is theism. The a-prefix is a negation of it, meaning, literally, not-theism. The degree to which someone isn't a theist varies from person to person. Agnostic atheism is a legitimate state of (dis)belief.

We've been over this before, Huggy. I know it's hard for you while chasing UFOs and trying to find Marilyn Hickey's missing uterus, but at least make an honest effort.

[robvalue]

"I don't own a car" means I own a car, because it contains the words "own a car".