Atheism

[Simon Moon]

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.

So, what if we used the term "non believer" in place of atheism?

Does that now mean the position of disbelieving in theist's claims that gods exist, is no longer an ideology? I eliminated the 'ism', so that must mean that my disbelief in gods is no longer a system or an ideology, right?

I am glad we can finally agree on something.

You are too hung up on the word, and not paying attention to our actual positions.

[Huggy Bear]

[Minimalist]

The fact that you can choke to death while eating suggests that there is no such thing as "intelligent design."   Or an intelligent "designer."

[Huggy Bear]

[Seraphina]

The fact that you can choke to death while eating suggests that there is no such thing as "intelligent design."   Or an intelligent "designer."

Not to mention certain human bodily functions emanate all in close proximity to each other. That's dumb design right there.

-Teresa

[Minimalist]

If Huggy were to tell me that his god is a shithead of a designer I might not argue with him.

[Angrboda]

Huggy mekka me raff!

[Amarok]

Or you could just use the word atheist...

Nope because that's not what atheist means .An atheist is simple someone in a state or condition of Atheism( In an absence of belief )

Just as you would file a theistic religion under theism, you'd file an atheist religion under atheism.

Nope because those are not opposites Atheism is only the absence of a belief it can't be a belief itself.And any attempt at doing this can only be a mimicry of religious practices.

Take 'Sunday Assembly' for example, a religious organization of atheists that claim to be like a church without the 'God bit".

https://www.sundayassembly.com/

This is a notice that I am quitting the work that I was doing day-to-day and using my time as CEO (I’m not going anywhere!) to do the thing that is needed more than ever – devoting as much of my energies as possible to spreading the word of what Sunday Assembly does

Would you not file a godless church under atheism, the same way you'd file a god worshiping church under thei

Nope Atheism is devoid of ideology these people are simply delusional if they say otherwise . There is no atheist system of beliefs this is simply a group of people who disbelieve and do weird rituals in mimicry of religion . It a social club with a religious looking motif.

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Metabolism refers to a system...

So much fail in that post.

There is so much fail in this post .

Is metabolism a doctrine? Is anachronism a practice? Not every word that ends in "ism" is a system of beliefs or an "ism" in the way people usually mean it. Failure to realize this can be behind other errors here.

Way to totally miss the writers point Huggy and misuse the word system in the context the authors using it . As well as preforming the tired trick of hyper focusing on one word and ignoring the rest of the quote and it's overall point .

the suffix "ism" also means a "state, condition, attribute, or quality

Atheism a state or condition of absence of belief in god or gods

[RoadRunner79]

[robvalue]

Would these people be less confused if I said I'm a nontheist, or I'm not a theist?