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Except I didn't go in with a preconceived notion when I read it. You seam to want to reinforce your religious beliefs where evolution is considered, something I gave up after my second high school biology class.
As for the globule warming thread, while I still have questions about it, it is still happening and it looks like we are contributing to it. There are some big changes to the Earth coming because of it and we would be foolish to say it is not happening.
Atheism is a religion as well, ya know.
And 2 + 2 = 5.Atheism is a religion as well, ya know.
Atheism is a religion as well, ya know.
a·the·ism/ˈeɪ
–noun
1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.
Odd, nothing in there about it being a religion.
I had a huge debate with my Constitutional Law professor in class over the definition of religion. A religion is a belief system grounded on faith. This is the proper definition of a religion. Belief in the non-existence of God requires more faith than any other belief a human being could hold. And from my view on the reality of science, atheism requires far more faith than Christianity.
That's no moon... It's a space station.
I had a huge debate with my Constitutional Law professor in class over the definition of religion. A religion is a belief system grounded on faith.
This is the proper definition of a religion. Belief in the non-existence of God requires more faith than any other belief a human being could hold. And from my view on the reality of science, atheism requires far more faith than Christianity.
There is no 'proper' definition of anything. That said, faith (i.e., thinking something is true without any reason to (no evidence, no rationale, etc)) is certainly a requirement for a belief system to be a religion.I had a huge debate with my Constitutional Law professor in class over the definition of religion. A religion is a belief system grounded on faith. This is the proper definition of a religion.
Don't be silly. Faith isn't some physical quantity that can exceed containers. It is simply a status of belief: you either have faith or your don't.Belief in the non-existence of God requires more faith than any other belief a human being could hold.
Not really, since Christianity makes far more claims than even Strong Atheism. And what does "the reality of science" have to do with anything?And from my view on the reality of science, atheism requires far more faith than Christianity.
There is no 'proper' definition of anything. That said, faith (i.e., thinking something is true without any reason to (no evidence, no rationale, etc)) is certainly a requirement for a belief system to be a religion.
You appear to be conflating weak atheism with strong atheism:
Weak Atheism is the logical stance to take, since there is neither evidence for or against the existence of deities. However, the universe looks exactly as we would expect it to look if deities don't exist. On those grounds alone, one could dismiss deities until evidence presents itself; after all, one is not deemed an irrational zealot for disbelieving in pink unicorns and the like.
- Theism is the belief that deities exist
- Strong Atheism is the belief that deities don't exist
- Weak Atheism is where one holds neither of these beliefs
Now, atheism itself is simply the logical conjugate to theism: theists say "I believe gods exist", atheists say "I don't believe gods exist". Strong atheists simply go one further than their 'weak' counterparts and say "I believe gods don't exist".
So atheism isn't a religion, since it isn't even a belief system: it is the rejection of a belief system (namely, theism).
Don't be silly. Faith isn't some physical quantity that can exceed containers. It is simply a status of belief: you either have faith or your don't.
Not really, since Christianity makes far more claims than even Strong Atheism. And what does "the reality of science" have to do with anything?
Equivocation. The words 'strong' and 'weak' affixed to 'atheism' are to distinguish between the two brands of atheism. The words themselves should not be attributed their colloquial definitions.Wiccan, do you want to be a strong person or a weak person? Revelation 3:16: "So, because you are lukewarmneither hot nor coldI am about to spit you out of my mouth."
No. There are three stances to take: affirming A, affirming ¬A, and affirming neither. Please do not conflate the three, nor dismiss one arbitrarily.If you're going to adopt a viewpoint, it should either be theism or strong atheism.
No. Despite what prejudice you hold against Weak Atheists (and I quite believe this prejudice is because of 'Weak Atheism's name), it is a logically valid position to take. Despite your claims, it is the most logical stance to take.Weak atheism isn't even a cogent philosophy--it describes a person who spends his life wringing his hands.
Why? Both Theism and Strong Atheism make faith statements, which by their nature are unevidenced and unsupported.I recommend theism to strong atheism, and I recommend strong atheism to weak atheism.
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