Do Atheists/Agnostics/Skeptics have a scripture?!

[paarsurrey]

I don’t think they have any or they need/ed one.
Well sometimes strange things do happen in this world, in case they have.
Please name such scripture and the name of the renowned religion which belongs to them, the sources as to how it got authored, its being secure till our times and its usefulness when it was written/compiled/authored and suitability in our present age.
Thread open to everybody belonging to religion and no-religion.
Regards

 

[Demonslayer]

Green Eggs and Ham. Sam says "I AM!"

 

[Madhuri]

Those are not religions though so of course there is no scripture. Unless you include some branches of Buddhism and Jainism, which are atheist/agnostic but count as religions.

 

[Quintessence]

"Scripture" would be entirely the wrong word to use. Scripture is the wrong word to use in describing the written works that come out of many other religions as well.

 

[YmirGF]

I don’t think they have any or they need/ed one.
Well sometimes strange things do happen in this world, in case they have.
Please name such scripture and the name of the renowned religion which belongs to them, the sources as to how it got authored, its being secure till our times and its usefulness when it was written/compiled/authored and suitability in our present age.
Thread open to everybody belonging to religion and no-religion.
Regards

Huh? That is definitely the weirdest question of the day. It wouldn't even occur to me to look up what any scripture has to say on ANY matter that was perplexing me. The idea would literally never enter my mind....

 

[Rival]

No, there is no atheist or agnostic scripture.

 

[LuisDantas]

There is certainly no such thing as a scripture of atheism.

That does not mean that there are not significant related or subset groups that may have something comparable.

Humanism, for instance, is arguably connected to texts that feel a similar role, such as the Universal Rights Declaration.

http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

But really, there is simply no compelling reason for atheists, agnostics or skeptics to seek any given scripture as a group. At least, not beyond the significant fact that they are human beings living in a human culture.

Of course, I personally think that religion should be a bit wary of its own scripture and use them with a lot of liberality and personal responsibility to begin with, so...

 

[YmirGF]

Quran.

Though I have read the Qur'an many times for sport, it would never occur to me to treat the text seriously AS IF it really was the word o' God.

 

[Rick O'Shez]

I follow the scriptures of Saint Dawkins.

 

[LuisDantas]

Quran.

I take it that you mean that the Qur'an applies to us kuffars even if we don't acknowlege it?

 

[Rick O'Shez]

Though I have read the Qur'an many times for sport,

You read it while playing football?

 

[Revoltingest]

No, there is no atheist or agnostic scripture.

Not even?.....

 

[YmirGF]

You read it while playing football?

Well, it makes a fine blocking weapon.

 

[LuisDantas]

Not even?.....

There are sizeable sects that don't acknowledge its canonicity.

Go figure. Those covenant-breakers...

 

[Revoltingest]

There are sizeable sects that don't acknowledge its canonicity.

Go figure. Those covenant-breakers...

Apoostate!
Blasphemer!
Douglas Adams died for your sins.

 

[YmirGF]

Not even?.....

Douglas Adams does come pretty close to "scripture" now that you mention it. I wonder if @paarsurrey has ever read his delightful ramblings about Prophet Dirk Gently?

To this day, I am given to paraphrase, Marvin's wonderful quote, "A brain the size of a small planet and I'm asked what I think of atheists farking scriptures?"

 

[Parsimony]

Um, why would they have one?

 

[LuisDantas]

Um, why would they have one?

On the whole we probably should not be expected to.

Still (and that is a mistake that many people from "my tribe" commit), people seek religions mainly for reasons that are all but entirely unrelated to belief in God.

So it makes sense that those reasons might well manifest among us infidels in somewhat similar ways. And to a degree they do. It just turns out that it is considerably more difficult to reach the cohesion and superficial agreement that most religious have without a willingness to submit to a central authority.

See for instance http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Atheism_Plus

 

[McBell]

"Scripture" would be entirely the wrong word to use. Scripture is the wrong word to use in describing the written works that come out of many other religions as well.

Please define for the thread "scripture".

 

[columbus]

Please define for the thread "scripture".

Literature that is considered magically true because a human claims that It is from or inspired by God(s).
Tom