Athiesm is a religon

[L33tz]

Atheists believe in not believing if you really don't believe in anything #1 you don't brag and number 2 u say nothing when asked.

[SurahAhriman]

quote:Originally posted by L33tz:

Atheists believe in not believing if you really don't believe in anything #1 you don't brag and number 2 u say nothing when asked.

Idiot. I'm an atheist. I don't think there's an invisible sky wizard who watches over us. The same way I don't think there's a pink unicorn in my room watching me masturbate.

The difference? I don't have blind faith that I'm right. It's based on a reasoned search of evidence, and would change should suffecient contradictory evidence emerge.

[Graemy]

quote:Originally posted by L33tz:

Atheists believe in not believing if you really don't believe in anything #1 you don't brag and number 2 u say nothing when asked.

A religion is defined by taking a leap of faith. Atheism has no leap.

[TheMessiahComplex]

Why would you not say anything when asked?

What does that even have to do with atheism?

[Frontier Psychiatrist]

quote:Originally posted by Graemy:

A religion is defined by taking a leap of faith. Atheism has no leap.

I can feel a half-assed version of Pascal's Wager coming on from this little comment.

[Q777]

quote:Originally posted by L33tz:

if you really don't believe in anything #1 you don't brag and number 2 u say nothing when asked.

On what sort of logic (or lack there for of)do you make this postulate on?

[Real.PUA]

Atheism is not a religion. It's just a word to describe the lack of belief in one or more dieties.

[waves]

I'm an atheist and I think that atheism is a religion in some sense. I assume occams razor, I assume the tenants of the scientific method, and I assume that language can convey ideas. I have faith in these principles, and they lead me to believe that God does not exist. Atheism requires fundamental unprovable assumptions about the world, and is therefore a religion in most senses of the word.

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[Graemy]

quote:Originally posted by Frontier Psychiatrist:

I can feel a half-assed version of Pascal's Wager coming on from this little comment.

Well to explain it more, I was just saying that a religion is defined by a leap of faith, be it a god, reincarnation, etc. Atheism, since it focuses on evidence provided, has no leap of faith. They look at the evidence and make a judgment.

Unless you were talking about something else :P