Atheism. How does it make sense?

[Staan]

So, atheists say they don't have a religion. But a religion is a set of beliefs. You have to believe something. Most "atheist" people believe in the evolutionary theory. That is a belief. Doesn't that mean that atheism is contradictory of itself?

[chickenpoop]

No. You fail. Belief set does not equal religion. Atheism is more about a lack of belief in an imaginary father figure.

[VegetaRobGT]

Although it's a lack of belief it always also a belief in the sense that they BELIEVE that god is not real.

But it's not a religion.

[This message has been edited by VegetaRobGT (edited 12-13-2006).]

[KikoSanchez]

religion - beliefs and worship: people’s beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life

If one disbelieves the existence of such a deity or the divine, there is no reason for such a person to have a set of beliefs about the entities and thus have no religion.

[mtz666]

a religion is based on dogmas, considered absolute and unquestionable truths, that can't be proofed.so besides lacking a 'god' atheism lacks those truths. for example, the evolutionary theory is logically argumented and proofed.

[THE ONLY SANE MAN]

quote:Originally posted by Staan:

So, atheists say they don't have a religion. But a religion is a set of beliefs. You have to believe something. Most "atheist" people believe in the evolutionary theory. That is a belief. Doesn't that mean that atheism is contradictory of itself?

Your resoning has led me to belive that your church has warped your mind into a sort of psudoe cattle like mentality making it so that any opion or thought not drectly linked to the bible is incomprehensable to you.

[boozehound420]

quote:Originally posted by THE ONLY SANE MAN:

Your resoning has led me to belive that your church has warped your mind into a sort of psudoe cattle like mentality making it so that any opion or thought not drectly linked to the bible is incomprehensable to you.

couldnt have said it better myself

[among_the_living]

Religion is a belief in a deity.

Saying ANY belief is a religion is just stupid.

[VegetaRobGT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye2LoCaZKCY

[socratic]

Atheists don't BELIEVE in Evolutionary Theory. Belief is a false knowledge based on emotion rather than proven fact. Atheists don't believe, they know, considering the immense empirical evidence pointing towards Evolution.

Just because it's called a 'theory' doesn't mean it's made up.