(03-20-2011, 08:05 AM)Scalise Wrote: [ -> ]"Which Religion do i belong to if any?"
;)
...What's your point? O.o
Atheism is a religion.
(03-20-2011, 08:07 AM)Mous Wrote: [ -> ]...What's your point? O.o
Atheism is a religion.
I'd call it the refusal of religion. And to call it a religion you really play down what it's supposed to represent. So no, I don't believe it's a religion. Religions are all cults, and I refuse to be a part of any of them.
Just look how many problems they've caused, I don't want to be part of it.
(03-20-2011, 08:13 AM)Scalise Wrote: [ -> ]I'd call it the refusal of religion. And to call it a religion you really play down what it's supposed to represent. So no, I don't believe it's a religion. Religions are all cults, and I refuse to be a part of any of them.
Just look how many problems they've caused, I don't want to be part of it.
>A collective of people names their group
>Stands against/attempts to disprove "God"/Religion
>Tries to convince people that they're correct
Hmm. Sounds like a religion or "cult" to me.
(03-20-2011, 08:16 AM)Mous Wrote: [ -> ]>A collective of people names their group
>Stands against/attempts to disprove "God"/Religion
>Tries to convince people that they're correct
Hmm. Sounds like a religion or "cult" to me.
Lol I don't actively do any of that.
I don't go to church and I don't believe in god so I consider myself an athiest. I've never pushed my beliefs on anybody else nor have I tried to disprove. This is my personal opinion, I'm not one to tell anybody else how to live their lives.
I always believed atheism was the absence of theism, which is the belief of a god.
Religion is a belief of some superhuman power or powers, atheism is the belief of no theism.
Atheism may be organized in some sense, but it isn't a "religion".
(03-20-2011, 08:28 AM)wtftwice Wrote: [ -> ]I always believed atheism was the absence of theism, which is the belief of a god.
Religion is a belief of some superhuman power or powers, atheism is the belief of no theism.
Atheism may be organized in some sense, but it isn't a "religion".
Definitions of religion on the Web:
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
an institution to express belief in a divine power;
A religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
(03-20-2011, 08:25 AM)Mous Wrote: [ -> ]:p
Nowhere in there did I say anything about anybody else
(03-20-2011, 08:37 AM)Scalise Wrote: [ -> ]Nowhere in there did I say anything about anybody else
You were speaking about religion in a general term, *telling* someone
that their religion is evil. (You did, because you said all religions are)
That's like a Christian saying Atheism is evil, same difference.
(03-20-2011, 08:34 AM)Mous Wrote: [ -> ]Definitions of religion on the Web:
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
an institution to express belief in a divine power;
A religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Religion = Belief of some form of theism
Atheism = anti-theism
For a set of beliefs to actually be considered a "religion" there must be a belief of theism. Atheism does not have a belief of ANY form of theism.
Ask most atheists, ones that aren't dead set on spreading their belief, they don't consider themselves as a religious cult.
