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<blockquote data-quote="Gene2memE" data-source="post: 71903840" data-attributes="member: 341130"><p>No, it isn't. </p><p></p><p>Atheism, as has been explained to you, is a single response to a single position.</p><p></p><p>Atheists do not accept the claim that gods exist. That's it. That's the only requirement to qualify as an atheist.</p><p></p><p>Atheism IS NOT A WORLD VIEW.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They can say that, and usually they can also support it with evidence. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hedonism is the pursuit of your own desires to the exclusion of those of other people. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in the statement 'I lack belief in gods' that leads a person to hedonism (or utilitarianism, or nihilism, or moral relativism, or communism, or pretty much any other -ism you can name) as an outlook.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It could be, it depends on the god you believe in. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Your issue here is that you're shaping atheism through the lense of your own beliefs. You are, in essence, pitting it as a counterweight to the package of beliefs about the world that your religion - or particular interpretation of your religion - requires you to make.</p><p></p><p>Atheism isn't that counterweight. It has a singular requirement, and nothing else.</p><p></p><p>You can be an atheist and oppose evolution, think the earth is flat or 10,000 years old, support moral objectivism, believe in the supernatural, think magic is real, and engage in any number of other weird beliefs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gene2memE, post: 71903840, member: 341130"] No, it isn't. Atheism, as has been explained to you, is a single response to a single position. Atheists do not accept the claim that gods exist. That's it. That's the only requirement to qualify as an atheist. Atheism IS NOT A WORLD VIEW. They can say that, and usually they can also support it with evidence. Hedonism is the pursuit of your own desires to the exclusion of those of other people. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in the statement 'I lack belief in gods' that leads a person to hedonism (or utilitarianism, or nihilism, or moral relativism, or communism, or pretty much any other -ism you can name) as an outlook. It could be, it depends on the god you believe in. Your issue here is that you're shaping atheism through the lense of your own beliefs. You are, in essence, pitting it as a counterweight to the package of beliefs about the world that your religion - or particular interpretation of your religion - requires you to make. Atheism isn't that counterweight. It has a singular requirement, and nothing else. You can be an atheist and oppose evolution, think the earth is flat or 10,000 years old, support moral objectivism, believe in the supernatural, think magic is real, and engage in any number of other weird beliefs. [/QUOTE]
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