atheism is a religion, wow

[ytter_man]

i was watching dogma and it hit me. its like i have to be a critic of movies and media and shit that have or say "god" in them! im going insane i think....

[The_Rabbi]

Well, it does have some very militant believers, easily on par with any religion.

[SEN D-F]

Athiests only have on thing in common, and thats that they do not believe in a God. It is not a religion its a belief.

[SEN D-F]

quote:Originally posted by The_Rabbi:

Well, it does have some very militant believers, easily on par with any religion.

Im sure lots of atheists have legs too, much like many people of any religion, that doesn't make it one.

[The_Rabbi]

quote:Originally posted by SEN D-F:

Im sure lots of atheists have legs too, much like many people of any religion, that doesn't make it one.

Did I say it was?

[SEN D-F]

You implied it, or at least it seemed to me as if that was what you where trying to say.

[chen]

quote:Originally posted by The_Rabbi:

Well, it does have some very militant believers, easily on par with any religion.

i've never seen a war fought to promote secularism.

edit: typo

[This message has been edited by chen (edited 02-27-2004).]

[The_Rabbi]

quote:Originally posted by chen:

i've never seen a war fought to promote secularism.

I've seen plenty of wars fought to promote athiesm.

I'm a big fan of secular gov'ts, though. Theocracy is not my bag.

[SurahAhriman]

quote:Originally posted by The_Rabbi:

I've seen plenty of wars fought to promote athiesm.

I'm a big fan of secular gov'ts, though. Theocracy is not my bag.

Um... name one. And communism doesn't count. Atheism was a side-effect of communism, not a focal point of the belief. Those wars were fought against capitalist pigs, not theists.

And to the poster: a belief becomes a religion when it attempts to supply an theory about the afterlife. Atheism does not. Individual atheists might have ideas, but those are not part of being an atheist, and seperate from the quality that distinguishes atheism, namely, disbelief in a deity.

[SurahAhriman]

Actually, there would have to be something more to the defintion of an atheist, now that I think of it. Buddhism is anti-deitic, but it's followers aren't atheists. Ammend my previous post to say that the distinguishing quality of atheism is a lack of belief in any religion.