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Is Athiesm a Religion?
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outhouse
Atheistically
By "current state of education and knowledge," you mean the previous states were stupid?
No.
Concepts evolve.
20,000 years ago homo sapiens had a different idea of the definition of theism.
Today we know man and only man has defined deities.
outhouse
Atheistically
Factually, only as a description.
No ...
I suppose you are right. Atheist in this case would mean a newborn has no position with regard to God.
The question would be whether a baby is born a skeptic?
A baby is neither born a believer nor a skeptic.
Some want to call that atheism.
outhouse
Atheistically
That is a rather skewed view, due to his religious bias.
It is one or the other.
Is a baby a theist or not?
Indeed. Which by my understand means that, much like an inanimate object, it is also an atheist.
No. But he does not have to be in order to be an atheist. In fact, skepticism isn't even necessary for grown-ups to be atheists, although there is a significant mathematical correlation.
I do.
outhouse
Atheistically
That would only apply if someone claimed all babies were agnostic.
outhouse
Atheistically
Correct.
He would not be an explicit atheist.
BUT he would then factually fall under the definition of implicit atheism.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Yes, it can that or other forms. Atheism is a theistic statement though, not necessarily indicative of ones claimed religious adherence, so this isn't a black & white issue.
...explicitly.
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adjective
adjective: deranged
mad; insane.
"a deranged gunman"
synonyms: insane, mad, disturbed, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, irrational;
crazed, demented, berserk, frenzied, lunatic, certifiable;
non compos mentis;
informaltouched, crazy, wacko, mental, psycho;
I don't know. I guess my morality dictates being a little less judgmental about people who have beliefs which differ from mine.
It's possible that some are born with a genetic predisposition towards belief or skepticism. Upon being born, they don't (IMO) have opinions on religious matters, but time will tell if this underlying nature causes them to be believers or heathens.
I've always been an atheist, so I say I was born that way. But other people might be better described as being born a blank slate.
Neither Theism or Atheism is inherent the concepts are to advanced for children to conceive. As one begins to learn one can understand the concept of theism and atheism one can then decide which group they wish to support. If you never learn about either you won't be either and indeed there are many non-religious that refuse the Atheism term. By adopting the term atheist, supporting it, defending it and proselytizing about it as each one of you in this thread are doing, you are practicing something organized. Perhaps it just the RF atheist club.
outhouse
Atheistically
Only if you ignore the definition of implicit atheism.
Maybe you don't know or understand the definition
Every child is an atheist (not a theist). As one begins to learn one can understand the concept of theism and atheism one can then decide whether to become a theist or stay an atheist.
I stated earlier that one who is a theist may or may not have a religion. Theists means that we "simply believe in God". Being religious and being a theist sometimes go together but sometimes they don't. A person can believe in God and yet have no religion while a person who does not believe in God can follow a religion. Buddhism, Taosim, and other religions, as far as I know, don't need a Deity to follow.
