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Whatever that means....

2006-09-23 18:06:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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2006-09-23 18:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by yagman 7 · 0 0

Atheist don't believe there is some sort of god at all. Many people who don't believe in a god like in the christian or islamic way, but still they believe there is something like a spiritual entity responsible for "everything". Many of them call themselves gnostics or agnostics (these are not the same), but in fact there are many sorts of this kind of spirituality and philosophy. These are not sects. A sect a religious "cult", a closed minded religious group with a very strong leader that most of the times uses very strong psychological manipulations to get his followers firmly behind him, so they will give him all their money. Many times these followers (victims) are not allowed to have any contact with the outside world at all (that could diverge their belief away from the leader).
Because of the religious inspiration needed to form a sect, it's not possible for atheists to form a sect. If atheist form such a group is only called a "cult". It will not be based on religion, but they can be based on philosophical or political views.
You can find some in this list (most are religious though):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_groups_referred_to_as_cults

2006-09-24 07:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by Caveman 4 · 0 0

You seem to have a heck of a lot of questions about atheists.. Understand that atheism isn't really a sect, it's the entire rest of the world! It's anyone who doesn't believe in a God or religion.... I don't think it's possible to really define specifics of what they do or don't believe because they aren't an organized group....

2006-09-24 01:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes the Aspiritual Atheists of American, or AAA.

2006-09-24 01:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Most atheists are probably not spiritualists. Presumably, your made up word would mean "without spiritualism" since "a" means "without."


BTW, as you well know, but to make it clear, atheism is not a religion, organization, group or anything similar. Atheists do not generally belong to or form atheist cults or sects.

2006-09-24 01:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0 0

We don't have sects...

Can we have varying views on things? Yes. But we aren't actually a group together, we are just individual people who happen to have non belief in common, nothing more, so there are no divisions or definitions like that of religion.

2006-09-24 01:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0 0

there can be no sect of atheism as atheism is not a religion. look at the word a - meaning without and theism - meaning religious belief. atheism, then, is 'without religious belief.' sects are parts of religions, therefore atheism can have no sects.

2006-09-24 01:10:49 · answer #7 · answered by cassandra 6 · 1 0

Atheists don't belong to sects. Most atheists, myself included, are not spiritual.

2006-09-24 01:09:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 1 0

Theoretically, an atheist would have to be aspiritual.

My soul is God. So is yours. It's because our souls are God, that we are able to astral project and communicate "telepathically".

If you believe in all of that, then you cannot be an atheist.
If you are recovering from Christianity, then it's ok to call yourself Agnostic.

2006-09-25 19:32:03 · answer #9 · answered by limendoz 5 · 0 0

Yes, it is called the Church of later day Atheists. You know, the good ol LDA, Smartmons.

2006-09-24 01:09:16 · answer #10 · answered by Alucard 4 · 1 0

You sure have a lot of questions about atheists...intend on converting?

2006-09-24 01:08:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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