Is atheism a religion? [Spirituality & Religion]
It seems obvious that it is not. If you think it is, be prepared to defend that assertion😉👍
36-40, M
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in10RjFox · M
Let me give you a fresh take since you say you are an atheist yourself.
As you said it seems obvious it is not, I would say it is not yet a religion.
But where did atheist come from ? Being born in a religion, they slowly drift out as they lose hope on the beliefs they were brought up with .. and become mavericks since they dont follow the herd they belong to.
So it was not they who came up with the terminology, but the theists who called them as atheists .. to mean disbelievers in their theory.
Once you start dumping people into a section, over time that too becomes a section, where the term Pseudo comes in.
Once people start claiming to be atheist, and the government allows it, it then becomes a deemed religion.
Its stupid to say that a religion has to have a god and rituals and some theory. Just living the natures way like any other creature too is a religion. Whether some one recognises it or not is upto them. But most atheists are actually naturalists living Life as prescibed by life.
So now which religion do you belong to? Atheism or Naturalism ?
As you said it seems obvious it is not, I would say it is not yet a religion.
But where did atheist come from ? Being born in a religion, they slowly drift out as they lose hope on the beliefs they were brought up with .. and become mavericks since they dont follow the herd they belong to.
So it was not they who came up with the terminology, but the theists who called them as atheists .. to mean disbelievers in their theory.
Once you start dumping people into a section, over time that too becomes a section, where the term Pseudo comes in.
Once people start claiming to be atheist, and the government allows it, it then becomes a deemed religion.
Its stupid to say that a religion has to have a god and rituals and some theory. Just living the natures way like any other creature too is a religion. Whether some one recognises it or not is upto them. But most atheists are actually naturalists living Life as prescibed by life.
So now which religion do you belong to? Atheism or Naturalism ?
MetalGreymon · 36-40, M
@in10RjFox:
Aaaand that's where your argument breaks down.
You haven't shown this to be true. You've just stated that it is so.
Its stupid to say that a religion has to have a god and rituals and some theory[quote][/quote]
It's not. Because that is what a religion is.
Again, they only way you are able to classify atheism as a religion is by diluting the word to the point where it is meaningless. You'll notice that being gay is a religion too because they are identified by the church and accepted by the government.
No.
I'm sorry but there can be no debate if we can't agree on terms.
I think religion means what most people think it means. You think it means virtually anything.
This discussion can go no further.
Thanks for your time
Once people start claiming to be atheist, and the government allows it, it then becomes a deemed religion.
Aaaand that's where your argument breaks down.
You haven't shown this to be true. You've just stated that it is so.
Its stupid to say that a religion has to have a god and rituals and some theory[quote]
It's not. Because that is what a religion is.
Again, they only way you are able to classify atheism as a religion is by diluting the word to the point where it is meaningless. You'll notice that being gay is a religion too because they are identified by the church and accepted by the government.
No.
I'm sorry but there can be no debate if we can't agree on terms.
I think religion means what most people think it means. You think it means virtually anything.
This discussion can go no further.
Thanks for your time