Define Atheism.

[Cooperduper]

if atheism is not believing in a god then satanism is a form of atheism

this is because in satanism you dont actually believe/worship satan, its basically just a tongue-in-cheek way of opposing christianity.
its really interesting.

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[childofdarkness016]

if atheism is not believing in a god then satanism is a form of atheism

this is because in satanism you dont actually believe/worship satan, its basically just a tongue-in-cheek way of opposing christianity.
its really interesting.

isn't satanism a satirical religion though

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Are you UU too?

[Headcrab Zombie]

I think the entire existence of the word "atheist" is useless and arbitrary. Is there a word for non-skiers?  Are there groups of people that meet to discuss the fact on how they don't ski?

If 90+% of the world were skiers, and harrassed, excluded, or otherwise discriminated against non-skiers, if skier parents disowned their children for being non-skiers, if skiers lobbied support of laws that give them favor over non-skiers, then you might have a decent argument. But none of these things are true for skiers vs non-skiers as they are for religious populations vs non-religious populations. Your brown townogy is false

That is why I consider myself agnostic, because I don't want to be assumed as that kind of person. When someone puts me under a group of people with those actions, they assume I do the same as all of them

There's a link that I posted already that addresses exactly this. Please read it: http://mechanicalbrain.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/why-you-are-not-an-agnostic/

...calling yourself an “agnostic” is disingenuous. It implies that millions of self-declared atheists believe something they don’t, in order to use them as a straw man to boost your own status...

[ßlöükfáce]

I keep skimming across the title on the off-topic index, and I see "define autism"

[SquartleTurtle]

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[Char]

pretty sure agnostic theism is derived from the phrase "it's better to believe in a god and die to find that it doesn't exist than to not believe and die to find out that it does"

well no, but he was saying agnostic theists are what most agnostics are even though most agnostics don't believe
which confused me
pascal's wager is pretty bullstuff anyways so whatever

are you being intentionally difficult or something

well no because agnosticism is disbelief just like atheism is?

[SeventhSandwich]

The root definition of the word gnostic is the Greek gnosis, which roughly translates to spiritual truths. Gnostic means you're 100% certain about any beliefs you have, while agnostic means just you are NOT certain.

That's interesting. I'd have a reply but I have a personal rule about not doing semantic arguments more than 3 posts long. Was nice talking though.

[otto-san]

if atheism is not believing in a god then satanism is a form of atheism

this is because in satanism you dont actually believe/worship satan, its basically just a tongue-in-cheek way of opposing christianity.
its really interesting.

there's still a belief in at least one higher being for that definition of satanism to be true, otherwise it's literally just babby atheism

if you don't believe in the existence of any higher being then you're an atheist. i don't see agnosticism as a 'religious standing', more like a philosophical view. i believe in the existence of a higher being, but i accept that there's not a real-world way to prove this (or disprove it). my belief is based on faith, not proof, and this is what religion is based upon.

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[TreeAtmos]

Not having a religion.
I am atheist.

[Steemer]

if atheism is not believing in a god then satanism is a form of atheism

this is because in satanism you dont actually believe/worship satan, its basically just a tongue-in-cheek way of opposing christianity.
its really interesting.

Atheism isn't a religion, but there are atheistic religions: it just means that that religion has no god.

[Alanoll]

jesus?
do you mean kanye?

[SWAT One]

according to science, tomatoes are actually every color except for red!

But is the red you see the same as the red I see?

[XR-7]

Several religions have structured leadership. Leadership doesn't mean just the very top. I'm not familiar with religious leadership, so I'll use a corporation as an brown townogy. You have the CEO at the very top, but you also have other upper management, middle management, department heads, etc. if the corporation is a manufacturer there will be foremans for all the shifts, etc. This is all leadership, not just the very top.
Christianity has bishops, archbishops, etc. I've seen people seek advice from pastors, these guidance could be seen as a form of leadership.
"Leader" could also be a more spiritual sense, such as Jesus or Buddha.
Atheism has what? Some people writing books about things? These people aren't leaders any more than some Christian writing books is a leader.

First of all, Christians (maybe even Protestants in general) don't have bishops and stuff, that's just Catholics and Lutherans iirc.

Jesus and Buddha also existed.  The people just follow some of the things that they taught.  Kind of like atheists follow some of the things that have been taught by many different people.

I guess you could say religious people follow one or few leaders while atheists follow many different leaders who are usually unrecognized (authors, philosophers, whoever else they follow).

seriously

There are no "requirements" for atheism. That's the point. It's not believing, not believing in nothing.
Atheism is not an organized group. There is not a head of atheism, nor atheists who have control over other atheists. Why would there be? With no requirements to be an atheist, there is no need for an organization.

Atheism is not a religion. I've heard this so many times that it frustrates me. Religion is faith, which is believe without evidence, (or science), to varying degrees. Atheism is the lack of faith, and rather looking objectively at what evidence suggests.

Maybe I'm just being too literal for everyone...

You are not allowed to call yourself an atheist is you believe in a deity, thus making it a requirement, which also makes it a group.  If you believe in a deity or supreme form, you have to call yourself religious.

[Biohazard]

its not that hard just search "atheism definition" on google and it comes right up