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Posted 2010-07-23, 01:17 PM
in reply to Kazilla's post starting "Its the belief that man is > god.. or,..."
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Its the belief that man is > god.. or, more-so that.. a hospital should be built, rather then a church.
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Atheism is merely the dismissal of supernatural claims. Telling an atheist that man is greater than god is like telling a sane person that man is greater than a three-headed goat-boy. It's essentially meaningless.
A religion has some very particular qualities that atheism lacks. I don't think it can be said that atheism is a religion.
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Atheism is the belief that if something is going to happen, man will make it happen.
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Atheism does not necessarily preclude aliens, three-headed goat-boys, unicorns, celestial teapots, or fairies. All of these creatures can hypothetically "make things happen." But in practice, I suppose you're correct.
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Agnostic, is the religion of believing that religion doesn't exist.
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I'm pretty sure everyone believes religion exists.
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