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Describe Your Atheism in One Word.
- Thread starter RedDragon94
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Satans_Serrated_Edge
Deicidal
I know that there are different kinds of Atheists, (Free thinkers, Humanists, Rationalists) that's not what I'm asking. What I'm asking is can you describe the nature of your Atheism (Esoteric, Utopian, Enlightened, etc.). I just thought it would be fun.
None of those six qualifiers have anything to do with whether or not you believe in a deity or not.
There are no types or different ways to not believe something.
Alienating.I know that there are different kinds of Atheists, (Free thinkers, Humanists, Rationalists) that's not what I'm asking. What I'm asking is can you describe the nature of your Atheism (Esoteric, Utopian, Enlightened, etc.). I just thought it would be fun.
I find myself mentally distancing from people when I find out that they're theists. Belief in gods gets in the way of me relating to people.
"Emergent"
Several of the other words people have posted would also apply to me.
I didn't just decide one day to be an atheist. I was raised in a solid religious family. But over the course of my young years I came to understand, better and better, that religion is mostly modern versions of ancient fiction. Of course, at that time I didn't realize that any religions were not of the "revealed" sort. I thought of them all as picking some implausible story from the olden days and believing in it the way little kids believe in Santa Claus.
The earliest memory I have of serious questioning was the first day of second grade. The imposing nun who was our teacher put a large glass jar on her desk. She let us know that she expected us to fill it with small change for starving pagan babies in Africa. The first thing that popped into my head was "How much is Jesus putting in there?" It spilled out of my mouth. The answer was unsatisfactory to me. I started realizing that adults don't know everything and cannot be trusted to give good answers when the subject is God. And that's because they don't know either, they make it up as they go and always have.
Tom
Several of the other words people have posted would also apply to me.
I didn't just decide one day to be an atheist. I was raised in a solid religious family. But over the course of my young years I came to understand, better and better, that religion is mostly modern versions of ancient fiction. Of course, at that time I didn't realize that any religions were not of the "revealed" sort. I thought of them all as picking some implausible story from the olden days and believing in it the way little kids believe in Santa Claus.
The earliest memory I have of serious questioning was the first day of second grade. The imposing nun who was our teacher put a large glass jar on her desk. She let us know that she expected us to fill it with small change for starving pagan babies in Africa. The first thing that popped into my head was "How much is Jesus putting in there?" It spilled out of my mouth. The answer was unsatisfactory to me. I started realizing that adults don't know everything and cannot be trusted to give good answers when the subject is God. And that's because they don't know either, they make it up as they go and always have.
Tom
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Responsive.
No need for the term if it wasn't for theists inventing notions that there is a God.
No need for the term if it wasn't for theists inventing notions that there is a God.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Incidental.
I know the feeling.
RedDragon94
Love everyone, meditate often
Let me rephrase. My question is basically what philosophy do you have along with your unbelief.
RedDragon94
Love everyone, meditate often
Very true.
Libertarian
Satans_Serrated_Edge
Deicidal
Many, you'd have to be more specific. If you mean directly pertaining to my lack of belief, I would have to go with scepticism I suppose.
Ooooh...I like this one. Wish I thought of it.
Your worrying offends me. Do you think I'm easily offended? Just WHAT are you saying here????
Ahem.
Joking, of course. People get offended about all sorts of guff. I only worry about offending REASONABLE people. Which takes @Revoltingest off the list...hehehe...
Godless.
I always wondered at people who used the phrase 'Godless atheist' as its pretty redundant. But pretty much all the atheism label means to be is that I don't believe in a god.
Now materialism, that's a whole other kettle of worms.
I always wondered at people who used the phrase 'Godless atheist' as its pretty redundant. But pretty much all the atheism label means to be is that I don't believe in a god.
Now materialism, that's a whole other kettle of worms.
There's plenty of it to go around.
It can be yours too!
You just made an enemy for life!
I can't spend time worrying about mere enemies. I'm too busy hiding from my many nemesis'...
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Dharmic.