Topic: Why isn't atheism classified as another religion? - page 5. (Read 943 times)
The damage that religion has done to the world from holding back science due to it proving religion wrong and the countless wars in my opinion makes it so that atheism really is no form of religion.
In the broadest sense, there is a lack of faith in the existence of the divine. In a narrower sense, atheism is a denial of the belief that divinity exists, specifically, atheism is the view that there is no divinity. Atheistic opposition to theism, in the most general form, is the belief that at least one god exists.
But the lack of faith isn't complete in the atheist. Even the atheist suggests by inference that he is god by claiming that there is no God. After all, how else would an atheist be able to determine that there is no God, except if he were a god knowing all things so that he could make that determination?
Consider. Do you or I absolutely know everything? No! So, how could the atheist know that God doesn't exist somewhere he hasn't examined yet?
You might answer that the atheist is such because he believes that there is no God, even though he doesn't know it.
I would respond that since the atheist knows that he doesn't know, he doesn't really believe in his own atheism. Atheism is a lie. At best it is incorrectly defined.
Atheism is classified as another religion all over the place. Google it. The reason it is not classified so universally, is that there are atheists who don't seem to know the definition of religion, who want to classify atheism differently.
You are the only one saying that, why though? Are you trying to insult atheism by calling a religion and if you are, are you not implying that a religion is a bad thing then?
You forgot the part about doing an Internet search to see that I am not the only one saying that.
You forgot the part about checking the complete definitions of the words atheism and religion, so you can see that atheism is a religion by definition.
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
atheists dont have a common belief, atheism is about disbelieving and researching validating the information you receive for truth or distruth
In the broadest sense, there is a lack of faith in the existence of the divine. In a narrower sense, atheism is a denial of the belief that divinity exists, specifically, atheism is the view that there is no divinity. Atheistic opposition to theism, in the most general form, is the belief that at least one god exists.
Atheism is classified as another religion all over the place. Google it. The reason it is not classified so universally, is that there are atheists who don't seem to know the definition of religion, who want to classify atheism differently.
You are the only one saying that, why though? Are you trying to insult atheism by calling a religion and if you are, are you not implying that a religion is a bad thing then?
I am not trying to bash atheists or whatever the other guys who believe in religions, i want to know a simple thing. Must there be a god in a religion to be considered as a religion? Aren't there any religions without the belief of a almighty one?
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
Because not playing sport is not a sport.
True! It couldn't be as simple as it is. If you are told to put in your religion, then you place "not applicable" because you don't believe in a religion. If you consider atheism as a religion then you defeat the purpose of an atheistic life. If you don't believe in a higher power then that is not a religion, you have an absence of religion. The above reply is kind of harsh, but it is true. You can't consider atheism as a religion like you won't consider not a playing a sport as a sport.
IMO it's hard to classify something as something that it is not. The whole point of religion is that in some form or fashion a religious person believes in a god or a higher power and the fact that atheist don't believe in such things don't make them religious by default which means you can't classify them as such even if there are a well organised "group" of them. It's kinda like a car and a tree i'll just roll with that metaphor on this one. The car(religious person) is a car and a tree(atheist person) is a tree the tree isn't trying to be a car in any way therefore it is not a car. If the tree decided one day that it wanted to be a car and went through the trouble of reforming itself by getting an engine, wheels, etc to be a car then it would be a car. I hope that made sense I kinda just made that up on the fly.
From what I understand they simply don't believe in a deity and that's the only thing they have in common. There are some that still have some inkling of past religiosity like those that believe there is a "force" or something out there. I've watched a few vids, they're a rather mixed bunch.
Because not playing sport is not a sport.
Nice and simple.
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
Because not playing sport is not a sport.
Nice and simple.
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
It is a matter of understanding the word "religion"Maybe because religion is always define as a practice of belief with superstitious understanding, and also atheists don't have a weekly activity and discuss many things about their philosophy unlike religious people.
So it doesn't matter if they are a religion or not a big deal. The big deal is if you are belong to religion be active on it, do your duty to keep yourself from being hypocrite.
Atheism is classified as another religion all over the place. Google it. The reason it is not classified so universally, is that there are atheists who don't seem to know the definition of religion, who want to classify atheism differently.
Because they aren't moving under any "celestial" law, man.
As it has been said, not playing a sport can't be a sport.
You said they are "pretty organized", but under what? under one only common thought: God doesn't exist, but there are many atheists believing in life after death, but with no laws to determine how is going to be the step.
To be inside a religion you need some rules to follow. For example, Catholic stuff believes in the final repent. So you can live in sin and just in the final moment say "Oh! I repent!" and then go to the sky. Just really convenient.
Atheists do not believe in something ahead, in some entity with power dictating rules, they (us) just live, but under many different points of view. There's no common rules, there's no religion at all.
As it has been said, not playing a sport can't be a sport.
You said they are "pretty organized", but under what? under one only common thought: God doesn't exist, but there are many atheists believing in life after death, but with no laws to determine how is going to be the step.
To be inside a religion you need some rules to follow. For example, Catholic stuff believes in the final repent. So you can live in sin and just in the final moment say "Oh! I repent!" and then go to the sky. Just really convenient.
Atheists do not believe in something ahead, in some entity with power dictating rules, they (us) just live, but under many different points of view. There's no common rules, there's no religion at all.
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
Because not playing sport is not a sport.
It's always funny when religious idiots try to claim that atheism is also a religion, but why do that, are they saying religions are stupid or bad?
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
Because not playing sport is not a sport.
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atheism can not be classified as another religion cuz it doesn't make any sense !!
atheism is the fact that you don't believe in any religion
haw can it be a religion ?
atheism is the fact that you don't believe in any religion
haw can it be a religion ?
Since atheists have a common belief system and they are pretty organized why they do not consider themselves as a part of a another religion which does not have a god?
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