To any atheists out there

[Slinkenhofer]

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

[Lucky~9~Lives]

thefluffygamer

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

Most atheists believe in causality.

[catspook]

Lucky~9~Lives

thefluffygamer

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

Most atheists believe in causality.

Indeed!

[deadmanjay]

Lucky~9~Lives

thefluffygamer

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

Most atheists believe in causality.

Eff you Lucky...We all know that all atheists are irreligious anti-religious closeted Christians. It's true cause you see them all the time talking about atheism being against religion on the television.


What Lucky said.

[IronySandwich]

thefluffygamer

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

Plenty. The majority would agree that water is wet, that the sky is blue (if it's not cloudy or night), that pain hurts, that shoes are generally supposed to go on your feet, etc.

Of course, if they did not believe those things they would be no less atheist for it.

[Slinkenhofer]

IronySandwich

thefluffygamer

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

Plenty. The majority would agree that water is wet, that the sky is blue (if it's not cloudy or night), that pain hurts, that shoes are generally supposed to go on your feet, etc.

Of course, if they did not believe those things they would be no less atheist for it.

I meant more in terms of methods of thinking. Skepticism, stoicism, etc. Sorry, I realize now my post isn't worded very well.

[Nityananda-rama dasa]

thefluffygamer

I meant more in terms of methods of thinking. Skepticism, stoicism, etc. Sorry, I realize now my post isn't worded very well.

Atheists are not a united group any more than theists are.

[Slinkenhofer]

Nityananda-rama dasa

thefluffygamer

I meant more in terms of methods of thinking. Skepticism, stoicism, etc. Sorry, I realize now my post isn't worded very well.

Atheists are not a united group any more than theists are.

But theists are grouped under Christianity, Islam, Hindu, etc. Each of those seem to follow a certain ideology, so I figured different types of atheists would be the same way.
I've seen a lot of problems between "old-school" atheists and some of the newer breed, it seemed to me that each of them had their own set of "beliefs," if you will. Mainly to do with acceptance of religion vs. shunning any type of organized religion. Granted, this was quite a while ago, but it seems like there are a few accepted... norms? I'm not sure what you would call it, but there do seem to be some commonalities among groups of atheists.

[IronySandwich]

thefluffygamer

Nityananda-rama dasa

thefluffygamer

I meant more in terms of methods of thinking. Skepticism, stoicism, etc. Sorry, I realize now my post isn't worded very well.

Atheists are not a united group any more than theists are.

But theists are grouped under Christianity, Islam, Hindu, etc. Each of those seem to follow a certain ideology, so I figured different types of atheists would be the same way.
I've seen a lot of problems between "old-school" atheists and some of the newer breed, it seemed to me that each of them had their own set of "beliefs," if you will. Mainly to do with acceptance of religion vs. shunning any type of organized religion. Granted, this was quite a while ago, but it seems like there are a few accepted... norms? I'm not sure what you would call it, but there do seem to be some commonalities among groups of atheists.

It's not the same. Why exactly would people group together over one thing they don't believe? That would be like having a club for people who don't play chess.

Atheists do group up at times, but usually only as a means of dealing with the bigotry of the religious. Atheists are also overrepresented among skeptics, but that's because skepticism leads to atheism, not the reverse.

[Song of the Century]

thefluffygamer

Nityananda-rama dasa

thefluffygamer

I meant more in terms of methods of thinking. Skepticism, stoicism, etc. Sorry, I realize now my post isn't worded very well.

Atheists are not a united group any more than theists are.

But theists are grouped under Christianity, Islam, Hindu, etc. Each of those seem to follow a certain ideology, so I figured different types of atheists would be the same way.
I've seen a lot of problems between "old-school" atheists and some of the newer breed, it seemed to me that each of them had their own set of "beliefs," if you will. Mainly to do with acceptance of religion vs. shunning any type of organized religion. Granted, this was quite a while ago, but it seems like there are a few accepted... norms? I'm not sure what you would call it, but there do seem to be some commonalities among groups of atheists.

There are some such groups of atheists, yes, that follow philosophies. Others don't.

Keep in mind that not all theists are religious and not all atheists are irreligious.

[The Forbidden Soul]

Coincidences are just that, coincidences. I dunno about any theist atheists takes on that part though.

[Craja]

thefluffygamer

Of late, I've been confused about the definition of "atheism." I know what it means, literally "without gods." My issue is, since atheism has such a broad definition, are there any accepted or ways of thinking (beyond "non-belief" in any god) that the majority of atheists accept?

There is no atheism culture but cultures of atheists. It's very undefined and cause of much confusion. I suppose you could call me the "Skeptic" variety of atheist.

[Victoria of Gallifrey]

Think of it like this. Football fans organize for their favorite teams, much like theists to their respective deities etc. An atheist, well... a lot of the time we just don't care. It'd be like organizing under a flag that doesn't like football and opposing football to reflect our dislike. Why bother? It would seem a waste of time to one like myself. I do not disbelieve in any god or higher form of power, but I would like to discover or meet one prior to jumping on the bandwagon of belief.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in any god or higher power because I see no evidence, nor any reason to. I find organizing against religious with the attitude of disproving their beliefs to be rediculous and highly absurd. People far more intelligent than I worship a number of faiths. And I will not simply label the lot of them out of ingorance to make my life any easier. In general, I ask that people do the same for atheists. We do vary quite a bit, I will agree, much like theists vary in their ways.

[God Emperor Akhenaton]

I agree. I believe there is a definitive difference between an Atheist and Agnostic.

[Seabound Atheist]

The only thing that defines an atheist is the lack of belief in a supernatural deity (a.k.a god.)