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    Is Atheism (et al) a Worldview?

    Atheism, on its own, is not a comprehensive worldview in the same way that theism isn't. Atheism is simply the absence of belief in gods or deities. However, to arrive at this position, individuals adopt or develop broader worldviews that inform their stance on the existence of deities. These...
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    Is Atheism (et al) a Worldview?

    When a person starts out, they have no knowledge of God, Gods, etc. or even a reject of belief in such things, because to reject such beliefs means to know such beliefs, it means to have some type of basis, some type of reason to refuse such beliefs, in other words, a worldview.
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    Is Atheism (et al) a Worldview?

    I'm an atheist who has a spiritualist worldview, so no, you're incorrect. And not just me, an atheist could believe in ghosts existing, just not God, Gods, etc.
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    Is Atheism (et al) a Worldview?

    I explained that atheism is not a worldview, but a worldview of some kind is needed to hold the atheist position.
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    Is Atheism (et al) a Worldview?

    Did you not read what I actually said??
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    Is Atheism (et al) a Worldview?

    Atheism is simply the absence of belief in God, Gods, etc. but to have such an absence of such beliefs requires a cause, which means some type of worldview, which rarely means a religion. Theism is simply the belief in God, Gods, etc. but to have such beliefs requires a cause, which means some...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    Fine, I'll leave it at this then since I cannot force you to continue to debate.
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    I made edits, because I realized you could make the argument that I'm using the straw person argument without those edits. In summary of those edits though, my issue is that you think fragility shouldn't be any part of "robust" debates, that it's not a matter which should be addressed, which is...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    Really? You really think that others are somehow immune to suffering? That seems pretty ignorant of the problems in this world. Look, if you don't want to believe in Flawlessism, I'm not going to force you, I just think it's something people should give more serious thought about, or at least be...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    Why believe in logic at all though? Sure, it allows you to understand the world which seems to exist as it does, but what is the point in doing any of that? It's believed benefit, enjoyment of life, that sort of thing. You might be able to live without adhering faith to something more than just...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    No, it's not the same since I'm saying that there exists a flawless good that helps us to become better people, to have hope. Yes, they are similar, but still different. If you studied the first book of Flawlessism, you'd realize that logic requires faith to believe in, that it's not something...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    It's about how it affects you. I would argue that most of us would like it to be true that there is some type of point to life which is perfectly good (at least that's how it is for me), however, we can't just blindly believe this to be true, we need a reasonable basis to do so, otherwise, that...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    When someone rejects a religious belief without even bothering to understand it, I mean harsh in the sense that it's pointless to be that critical. If someone doesn't have an interest in learning about Flawlessism, fine, they can do that, but saying they know enough to judge it as a waste of...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    Yeah, based on everything you've said, you sound like nothing but a troll to me, so I'm going to stop responding to you, reply back with more nonsense and I'll just block you instead of replying to you next time.
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    No, it's not redundant, because if I said I was just religious and an atheist, many would assume I believe in a secular religion, so I was being more specific as to avoid that misunderstanding from happening. If you still think it's redundant after reading that explanation, then I just don't...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    It's a non-secular religion, not a non-religious religion (I'm not even sure what you mean by that). As for what would make anyone want to believe in it, I imagine the fact that it can evolve through trial and error, that it has enough basis to evolve in that way. But naturally it's a lot more...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    Here is my understanding of religion: And here is my understanding of secular religion: A secular religion is a communal belief system that often rejects or neglects the metaphysical aspects of the supernatural, commonly associated with traditional religion, instead placing typical religious...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    Maybe you should actually try studying Flawlessism before judging it so harshly, because based on everything you've said, you don't understand it at all. And to clarify, Flawlessism is a religion developed through trial and error, it's a religion I've spent years making, it's not something with...
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    What is a religion?

    I'm curious what you all think given there's no academically agreed upon definition of the word "religion" as explained in this video: By the way, I define worship as belief in some type of belief system which is expressed outwardly, and prayer as belief in some type of belief system expressed...
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    Atheism does not mean someone is non-religious

    It's not a trap, it's an issue. In philosophy you need to be consistent with your views. If you argued that there is no cause of all other causes, then you're essentially using the same argument many theists use to prove their God, Gods, etc. and that is by saying that there was simply a first...
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