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Is atheism a religion? If yes, make your case. [Spirituality & Religion]

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I would say that it is very clearly not
21stCenturyFox · 26-30, F
It's definitely not. It's only disbelief in God's existence.

An atheistic religion is surely possible, though. It would necessarily be optimistic and favor nature/chance as the explanation for eternal life. Buddhism doesn't qualify for this, but the exact opposite of it would.
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@GodSpeed63 We disagree on the dating of the earth and a global flood. You knew that already, though.
@GodSpeed63


[quote]In other words, you don't have any questions that I haven't failed to answer or, at least, you don't know any that i haven't failed to answer.
[/quote]

You DO get that bushranger is doing exactly what you do on a regular basis, yes?
Remember how you like to repeat that you've already answered something or that you don't have to?
The incredulity that you're feeling right now at that response is exactly what we experience when you trot out excuse after excuse.
Tell me, are you convinced of his position when he refuses to bring up an example?
lol nah, son. Me neither.
Congratulations, in addition to being intellectually dishonest you've added hypocrite to your list of achievements .

Hope you remember this next time you're challenged to


P.S. Except that unlike yourself, he's actually answered the question in the end😉
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@Pikachu Sometimes payback can be fun lol.
Perhaps not but most of you wear it religiously, so it is subject to ridicule. Atheists have broken the dictionary! By definition, Atheism is not a religion, but atheists have made it a religion. Some are even 'evangelicals'. Some atheists are hilarious because they spend so much time grinding a huge ax over something they claim doesn't exist. For some, it's an obsession. You, for example. You're kind of obsessiveness about it. How does one become obsessed and angry with something that isn't real?
@newjaninev2 You have faith. Lots of faith!
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@puck61 and you, it would seem, have no answers. Lots of them.
@newjaninev2 Do you have answers? I'll answer any question you ask me.
meJess · F
A belief in nothing is still a belief
@meJess

So you could decide that in fact you [i]do[/i] believe something you don't believe? I confess that i do not believe you.
But if so then congratulations, you can do something i can't.


But i think we've strayed rather far from whether or not atheism can be considered a religion.
meJess · F
@Pikachu No I mean that the fact you don't believe in something is a choice, rather than something else but I guess we can disagree. Thanks for discussing and not being more ummm social media :)
@meJess

lol no problem. You too.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
There is no such cult known as atheism. As long as people are alive, they're going to believe in some type of dummy god and put their faith in that dummy god.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@Pikachu [quote]what bluff are you calling? Is that just a thing you say to save face?[/quote]

No, I'm saying it because it's the truth. You've seen the evidence I gave and now you're trying to save face by rejecting it and pretending I didn't send any.
@GodSpeed63


....so my bluff is asking, challenging, [i]demanding[/i] that you repost the evidence which you think disproves my position?
lol what a strange little maze your mind is...
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@Pikachu [quote]so my bluff is asking, challenging, demanding that you re-post the evidence which you think disproves my position?[/quote]

That's about it. As for my mind, I'll take my God's word on that subject.
midnightoker · 61-69, M
Atheism: The belief that we've got a long way to go before we begin to understand the infinite complexities of the universe...
Religion: "The big magic sky-man made it all, now give me some money."
SW-User
No, it has no metaphysical belief system or deity ideation.
@SW-User

Well said
Jm31xxx · 41-45, M
Not so much a religion, more a phase some people go through. Sadly, some never seem to grow out of it
Jm31xxx · 41-45, M
@suzie1960 no sadly about it, it's a shortcut to heaven
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Jm31xxx It's sad because they feel the need to live a fantasy. I suppose it keeps them happy. As long as they don't try to involve others I don't see any real harm in it but I prefer reality.
Jm31xxx · 41-45, M
@suzie1960 I like reality too.
no I do not think its a religion. by definition it is not. a belief in superhuman powers controlling humanity. its basically a belief in god.
Politics would be closer to a religion. It has a hierarchy. A leader. Faith that the leader will keep his or her promises. The belief that they can magically do stuff they are not actually allowed to do. The adoration and blind faith or the constituents. Etc...
walabby · 61-69, M
@canusernamebemyusername Trumpism..??? XD
@walabby

[quote]Trumpism.[/quote]

I assume the tenets would include a ruthless devotion to oneself...
walabby · 61-69, M
@Pikachu 😂🤣
I'd consider myself a "religious" person, and for me a "religion" is an inner discipline aimed at getting at the unknowable and mysterious underbelly of life-- the meaning of life, what's the point of it all, etc.-- and aiding us in developing positive inner qualities in the meantime.

In that sense, most religion isn't even religion by my book.

As for atheism-- sure. Could happen.
@CopperCicada

lol ok then
VSonMe · 56-60, M
Of course it isn't. It's the absence of a religion as indicated by the word itself.
Nope. Religion has Gods or something supernatural.
herekittykitty · 31-35, M
No, it is the rejection of all religions.
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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@AgapeLove Exactly! It's like saying that baldness is a hair colour

 
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