belief != religion though, religion has some other characteristics as well to fullfill like having rules, maybe some scripture, some basis on what to get the values from and atheism doesn’t do that.
However the post is quite funny and why is it that atheists on the internet are often way too easily butthurt…
Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods, not an active disbelief in any. There are many agnostic atheists who aren’t convinced deities exist due to the lack of evidence, but won’t claim they don’t exist outright because it’s an unfalsifiable claim to make since nobody can prove or disprove the existence of any deity in a falsifiable and verifiable way. To make such a claim would be dishonest.
In a way, saying that atheism is a religion is like saying that not playing baseball is a sport.
No, an atheist just doesn’t believe in any gods. If sufficient evidence came along, then they’d change that stance. As such, atheism is not a statement that absolutely no gods exist.
Weak. I’m not an atheist because I don’t believe in gods, but because I wouldn’t worship gods even if they were objectively real. If the god was worthy of my worship, then they wouldn’t demand it in the first place. I’d rather build a moral philosophy out of making life better for others than the authority of the powerful
Atheism is totally a religion. You believe that there are no gods. If anything on that list is not a religion, it’s agnosticism 😉
belief != religion though, religion has some other characteristics as well to fullfill like having rules, maybe some scripture, some basis on what to get the values from and atheism doesn’t do that.
However the post is quite funny and why is it that atheists on the internet are often way too easily butthurt…
Because they’re not trained to take it in the butt like a 12yo altar boy.
You’re having fun, but a lot of atheists do seem treat it as a competing religion
Yeah, I was only half joking 😄
Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods, not an active disbelief in any. There are many agnostic atheists who aren’t convinced deities exist due to the lack of evidence, but won’t claim they don’t exist outright because it’s an unfalsifiable claim to make since nobody can prove or disprove the existence of any deity in a falsifiable and verifiable way. To make such a claim would be dishonest.
In a way, saying that atheism is a religion is like saying that not playing baseball is a sport.
Did you read my whole comment or just the first sentence?
Rather, saying “playing abaseball (the opposite of baseball) is a sport”.
There’s a difference between not playing any sport and playing a sport that is specifically not baseball.
No, an atheist just doesn’t believe in any gods. If sufficient evidence came along, then they’d change that stance. As such, atheism is not a statement that absolutely no gods exist.
Weak. I’m not an atheist because I don’t believe in gods, but because I wouldn’t worship gods even if they were objectively real. If the god was worthy of my worship, then they wouldn’t demand it in the first place. I’d rather build a moral philosophy out of making life better for others than the authority of the powerful
Also, this post is funny af