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Atheism can be put into contexts.The context was already defined as atheism.
Yes, there's not much in common to atheists except not believing in gods. Everything else is something people personally equate to it. I must have read your post which I replied to wrong.Apparently people have a variety of beliefs about what it entails.
Well, that is the one that counts.Yes, there's not much in common to atheists except not believing in gods.
Atheism can be put into contexts.
Um,... okay.By all means, please do.
Excellent.Atheism.....
Let's you sleep in on Sundays
Doesn't prohibit bacon
Doesn't require genital mutilation of children
Doesn't prohibit dancing
Doesn't require goofy headgear
Doesn't prohibit wanton sex
Doesn't prohibit using light switches, elevators & the like on Saturday
Doesn't require belief in impossible stories
Atheism is all about what it isn't & doesn't.
Um,... okay.
[Name an adjective] atheism.
PS: Adjectives are context for nouns.
I choose to believe in God because I think that I am something more than a cosmic anomaly whose only purpose is to occupy space!This leaves room for two possibilities:
- no God
- a God so irrelevant to what we experience and observe that, as far as we can tell, it's indistinguishable from a God that doesn't exist.
Does either of these possibilities describe your beliefs?
You choose to believe in the God who's so irrelevant that we can't even detect him?I choose to believe in God because I think that I am something more than a cosmic anomaly whose only purpose is to occupy space!
Does atheism offer any benefits that believers are not privy to? If you think so or don't think so, please explain.
That was quite a negative statement. Do you think there's anything positive about Stephen Hawking or do you just hate his views?It supports a negative personality, which you could call a benefit if you like having a negative personality. Yes this is a reach, but I think it works. Ask somebody who's negative, like Stephen Hawking..
Yes, but dropping the toxic religion is what achieves this, and that still allows for the benefits of faith in a different god-concept. So it's not atheism that's producing this benefit, its dropping the toxic religion. What benefit does atheism, itself, produce? I can't think of one.I'd say that at least one benefit of atheism would be that you don't feel unnecessary shame for basic human errors and tendencies, whereas in some religions, there is a preoccupation with feeling shame and unworthiness.
I am somewhat familiar with Steven Hawking through various media documentaries, and I don't see him as being negative at all. In fact, I view him as being stunningly positive given his life's circumstances.It supports a negative personality, which you could call a benefit if you like having a negative personality. Yes this is a reach, but I think it works. Ask somebody who's negative, like Stephen Hawking..
Does atheism offer any benefits that believers are not privy to? If you think so or don't think so, please explain.
a benefit atheism has is that it weakens dangerous religious cults.Does atheism offer any benefits that believers are not privy to? If you think so or don't think so, please explain.
Do you speak for all atheists?Yes, but dropping the toxic religion is what achieves this, and that still allows for the benefits of faith in a different god-concept. So it's not atheism that's producing this benefit, its dropping the toxic religion. What benefit does atheism, itself, produce? I can't think of one.
Well, yes, there *is* a way to show that nothing more than chance is involved. Do a study with a large number of people and see if the results of prayer lead to a different result than the results of those who merely hope.
This is a testable hypothesis.
Furthermore, such testing *has* been done for claims that prayer helps heal people. The results were not to the liking of the religious.