How is atheism a faith?
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Atheism isn't a religious faith.
This was General Trek Discussion. Topic: Worst Lines Of Dialogue in Trek? (or something like that, page 10 of that thread) The poster's name was Oddish.
Actually - that was a moderator - 1001001. He's got the authority and ya gotta respect that authority!
Atheism is a faith like vacuum is an atmosphere.
That's not entirely accurate. Atheism is, more broadly, simply a lack of belief in a god. The belief that gods do not exist is a stronger form.Atheism is the belief that no gods exist. Agnosticism is the neutral one that simply says no one knows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_atheism
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Thanks, I'm familiar, "denial of metaphysical beliefs " is the same as what I said atheism broadly is, by the way.
Go on then.
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To answer the OP: It isn't. Period, end of story, the t-shirts are that way.
I got waaaay past fed up with being told atheism is a religion/faith/etc. decades ago. As an atheist, I am the half of these conversations who actually knows if it is or isn't.
I got waaaay past fed up with being told atheism is a religion/faith/etc. decades ago. As an atheist, I am the half of these conversations who actually knows if it is or isn't.
“Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah
#semantics The mod asked everyone to "drop the religion debate right here and now. This is not the forum for it." You basically thumbed your nose and said "We can still talk atheism though since it isn't a religion. It's a lack of a religion." I am pretty sure you knew that was a snarky nanny nanny boo boo way to reply instead of dropping it.
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