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 Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:14 pm
Its a system of belief, but that doesn't necessarily make it a "religion".
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:29 am
Atheists don't believe there is no god.
We don't believe there is a god.
There's a big difference. If you say those are the same, that's saying believing and not believeing are the same thing. Like breathing and not breathing are the same thing.
It's not a belief it's a lack of belief.
If I have a religion for not believing in the christian god, then every Christian/Islamist/Jew/Hindu/Pagan/theist in general also has billions of religions. One for every god they don't believe in.
Atheism is not a religion.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:17 pm
Atheism is the denial of the existence of God.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:19 pm
Emperor Angelo XXV Atheism is the denial of the existence of God.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:20 pm
Captain_Shinzo Emperor Angelo XXV Atheism is the denial of the existence of God.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:08 pm
Emperor Angelo XXV Captain_Shinzo Emperor Angelo XXV Atheism is the denial of the existence of God.
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:13 pm
Oldish thread, but atheism is not a religion. If that were the case than everyone has many many religions, one for each denial of every god ever created.
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:54 am
Athiesm is to have no religion, so in my opinion it does not count as a religion.
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:25 pm
WickedRentSpringAwakening Oldish thread, but atheism is not a religion. If that were the case than everyone has many many religions, one for each denial of every god ever created. Religion is considered anything that brings faith into an aspect of life, believing in a higher power (Deity/Deities), or any practice that brings meaning to someone's experience of life. Atheism, with what religion is describing, is not a religion.
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:27 pm
I do not think that it is a religion, but it does behave like one.
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:45 pm
VK Fox I do not think that it is a religion, but it does behave like one.I go to science church every Thursday. ._________.' Being serious, however, what makes Atheism act like a religion what-so-ever?
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:14 pm
Captain_Shinzo VK Fox I do not think that it is a religion, but it does behave like one.I go to science church every Thursday. ._________.' Being serious, however, what makes Atheism act like a religion what-so-ever? Once we get an atheist church going with tax exempt status, than we can talk about Atheism being a religion. razz
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:10 pm
Captain_Shinzo VK Fox I do not think that it is a religion, but it does behave like one.I go to science church every Thursday. ._________.' Being serious, however, what makes Atheism act like a religion what-so-ever? Seems to me lots of people in this country refer to a rather constrained definition of religion. Listen to interviews of militant atheists and then tell me that they don't sound almost exactly the same as religious fundamentalists, only with a different agenda. xd I could go on, but I won't. Personally I consider atheism to in some contexts, to be a religion (particularly when the person is religiously atheistic, which frankly we see a lot more nowadays with the vocal atheist crowd), but in other contexts, not to be. It just depends. But then, I also really dislike the term atheist because it is so incredibly meaningless. xp
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:38 pm
Hero of Wisdom WickedRentSpringAwakening Oldish thread, but atheism is not a religion. If that were the case than everyone has many many religions, one for each denial of every god ever created. Religion is considered anything that brings faith into an aspect of life, believing in a higher power (Deity/Deities), or any practice that brings meaning to someone's experience of life. Atheism, with what religion is describing, is not a religion. That's pretty rough... I don't think that's exactly the way to put it. There are many things you do that bring meaning to someone's experience of life that aren't religion. Atheism =/= nihilism. Also I'm not sure if being a fundamentalist about Atheism makes it a religion... You can act this way about your opinion on politics, society and soccer. Being crazy isn't only a religious thing.
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:07 pm
VK Fox I do not think that it is a religion, but it does behave like one.
How, why, and how they choose to express it are all up to the individual.
Basically what I'm saying, there are a lot of atheists that don't belong to the atheist subculture.
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