mnottertail -> RE: Kim Davis' lawyers file new appeal over same-sex marriage license order (11/6/2015 6:37:52 AM)
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ORIGINAL: mnottertail atheism is not a religion since it does not meet the necessary and sufficient conditions of the definition of religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. a particular system of faith and worship. a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. another dictionary : the belief in a god or in a group of gods : an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods : an interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a person or group As it seems to me, the elephant in the room is that none of those definitions are sufficiently definitive. Some schools of Buddhism would fail to meet either of the primary definitions, and in both cases the third allows for anything to be a "religion." K. Agreed that they are not sufficient. However, Buddha is not a god, yet he is revered and worshipped (not in the common sense) as the model to become as a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. But, my failings in religions necessary and sufficient conditions still are pretty much prima facie proof that atheism by definition excludes religion. Seems to me, while doing a ganesh on elephants discourse, that atheists are primarily disinterested in the fairytale. Seems to me also that the bulk of athiests go to no service reinforcing their athiesm, have no particular trappings or symbols, have no numbered texts or sacred texts of their life lessons, make no imagery dedicated to the nothing, and so on.......A very committed atheist rather than anyone who for any reason points out the discrepancies and flaws of the bible for instance, which is not a religion, but a philosophical arguement, would simply say: look, this is asswipe, I don't believe it, have no reason to believe it, and my experience tells me that it is not and cannot be true.
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