Atheism is Not a Religion, Ideology, Belief System, Philosophy

[Lornz]

Quote from MarketMasher:

As I said, Atheism is a derivative of Theism.

You can't have non-belief until you have a belief first.

So Atheism is a belief that is counter to the original belief that there is a God.

BINGO Night?

Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis ?

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from nutmeg:

Jeeprs, I was just getting ready to write the same thing.

C'mon what the difference, if a Jehoover Witness comes knocking on my door.

They usually are polite, whereas this azzhole...?

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from stu:

No belief is a belief......nah that doesn't work either.

and the merry go round starts, where it stops? well that depends on who gets tired or wise first.

 

[MarketMasher]

Quote from Lornz:

Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis ?

No No.....

BING + O = BINGO!!!

I looked at that Feynman thing last year.

Smart guy, but do you see the problem in his thinking on the subject?

It should be obvious, because he states the error himself - and then does it.

 

[CoolTraderDude]

Another major problem here is that atheists like Brass are under the impression that nihilism is the same as atheism ...

ATHEISM

Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.[1] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[2][3] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.[3][4][5] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[6][7] which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.[7][8]

The term atheism originated from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), meaning "without god", used as a pejorative term applied to those thought to reject the gods worshipped by the larger society. With the spread of freethought, skeptical inquiry, and subsequent increase in criticism of religion, application of the term narrowed in scope. The first individuals to identify themselves using the word "atheist" lived in the 18th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism

So atheism by itself is just "anti-god"... Or better yet... There are no gods. We've been at this since ancient times... I don't think that atheism will win the argument. Religion is just too much fun to give up!

NIHILISM

Nihilism (play /ˈnaɪ.ɨlɪzəm/ or /ˈniː.ɨlɪzəm/; from the Latin nihil, nothing) is the philosophical doctrine suggesting the negation of one or more putatively meaningful aspects of life. Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value.[1] Moral nihilists assert that morality does not inherently exist, and that any established moral values are abstractly contrived. Nihilism can also take epistemological, metaphysical, or ontological forms, meaning respectively that, in some aspect, knowledge is not possible, or that contrary to popular belief, some aspect of reality does not exist as such.[clarification needed]

The term nihilism is sometimes used in association with anomie to explain the general mood of despair at a perceived pointlessness of existence that one may develop upon realizing there are no necessary norms, rules, or laws.[2] Movements such as Futurism and deconstruction,[3] among others, have been identified by commentators as "nihilistic" at various times in various contexts.

Nihilism is also a characteristic that has been ascribed to time periods: for example, Jean Baudrillard and others have called postmodernity a nihilistic epoch,[4] and some Christian theologians and figures of religious authority have asserted that postmodernity[5] and many aspects of modernity[3] represent a rejection of theism, and that rejection of their theistic doctrine entails nihilism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism

The belief in nothing... OR better yet, rejecting all beliefs...


I'm an atheist because I do not believe that there is a super sentient being called God that created the world. So I don't believe that there is such a thing as God or Gods...

 

[CoolTraderDude]

Quote from PHOENIX TRADING:

Makes you wonder how far up their heads are up their a$$es to give a pass to islam eh?

Or Judaism for that matter which is a lot more weird than Christianity... or Hinduism etc... AND a bunch of other weird religions...! Nope... Just Christianity is their target. Most atheists are just degenerate socialists that have lost their fire for socialism. Not me though...

The way I looked at it... God favors the Hebrews...! I'm not a Hebrew...! Even if there was a God I'd still be screwed...! End of belief in Christianity for me...