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Is Atheism science?

YmirGF

YmirGF

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paarsurrey said:
If Atheism is not a belief/faith, does it make it science?
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Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?
Atheism people have a belief "God does not exist "
With new observations comes a new belief
It is very natural to believe
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Atheism is definitely NOT a science. I cannot actually imagine any atheism professing it was such. If anything, it is more of an art form. (We try to come up with better answers than the pablum given to us by theists.)
 
ADigitalArtist

ADigitalArtist

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Atheism is a conclusion to one question.

Science is a method of observation and experimentation to gather data and make conclusions about it.

An atheist may say science contributes to their atheism when positive claims of theistic religions don't match scientific conclusions (scriptural literalism, global flood, evolution denial) but really that tends to be a pretty narrow group of theists which it impacts (a small section of Abrahamics) and has little to do with theism in general. Since most theists don't make a science contradictory claims about their theism I would say science has very little to do with atheism.
 
Rational Agnostic

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paarsurrey said:
If Atheism is not a belief/faith, does it make it science?
Regards

_____________
Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?
Atheism people have a belief "God does not exist "
With new observations comes a new belief
It is very natural to believe
Click to expand...

Atheism is a belief, not a science. We can get into semantic discussions of whether or not atheists have "faith" but of course that depends on how one defines "faith" so I think the discussion isn't very worthwhile.
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

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YmirGF said:
Atheism is definitely NOT a science. I cannot actually imagine any atheism professing it was such. If anything, it is more of an art form. (We try to come up with better answers than the pablum given to us by theists.)
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Some may try some are content that no evidence exits to warrant a different position
 
HonestJoe

HonestJoe

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paarsurrey said:
If Atheism is not a belief/faith, does it make it science?
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You've repeatedly been told exactly what the term "atheism" means, including all the variations and different interpretations, so why do you continue to ask such facile questions?
 
Polymath257

Polymath257

Think & Care
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paarsurrey said:
If Atheism is not a belief/faith, does it make it science?
Regards

_____________
Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?
Atheism people have a belief "God does not exist "
With new observations comes a new belief
It is very natural to believe
Click to expand...

No. It is a position on one very specific question: does a deity exist?

Now, it is common for atheists to use science to counter many claims made by theists, and most atheiss do, in fact, support and encourage the development of science, but atheism and science need not have anything to do with each other.

Science is a way of finding out things about the real world. It is based on observation, hypothesis formation, and testing through observation.

Atheism is simply not believing that there are any deities.
 
England my lionheart

England my lionheart

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Polymath257

Polymath257

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paarsurrey said:
Is Atheism science?

If not, is Atheism just a conjecture, please?
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Is saying there is a sofa in my room science or conjecture? No, neither.

Atheism is a lack of belief in deities. Nothing else. It isn't a scientific position. It isn't a conjecture. It is simply looking within and noting that I do not have a belief in any deities.
 
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