Reverend red madge says so. which i thought was interesting, because a couple of days ago I asked christians if they knew they were atheists, of course the question got delted. But in the 13 century atheists was someone who denied another aspect of someones belief, which included christians who denied marduk the pagan god of humanity. So if we all have different gods or no gods based on various beleif systems, then can it be said that we are all atheists as my athesit friend would suggest?
2006-11-07 06:51:22 · 12 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Makes sense to me.
Actually...under that definition, I might be the only person here who ISN'T an atheist.
Wow. That's a strange thought...
2006-11-07 06:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atheists believe in NO deity. (or have an absence of belief in the existance any deity) They are not simply a person who doesn't believe in YOUR deity. A person who believes in the posibility of various gods and isn't really sure which one is real or doens't really care to declare one "right" is agnostic. Now if you want to suggest that we are all wrong... that's different. Or if they were to suggest that we were all at one points atheists (babies, etc) then fine, whatever.
However, the mere term atheists leads me to believe your freinds is just wrong about 13th century whatever. a theist doesn't work out to mean anti aspect
2006-11-07 14:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by smm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "athiest" is an attempt to deal with an argument of incomplete observations.
One can say that what they fail to observe is non-existant, or that what nobody observes is non existant, but in truth nobody, in their incomplete self-awareness can truly prove anything to anybody else.
If we see belief as the quantification of truth, then we can say or do anything. If we don't give belief that much credit, then nothing we say or do means anything at all. Why bother even discussing the matter if the universe is all so fickle?
2006-11-07 15:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Because this does not alter the reality of the one true God, and of salvation thru His Son, Jesus.
2006-11-07 17:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are atheists of all gods except your own.
For me, I'm just an atheist to one more god than you.
2006-11-07 14:56:49 · answer #5 · answered by umwut? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rest of us just go one God further.
2006-11-07 14:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, and we all don't believe in gods (Zeus, Gwyn ap Nudd, Mithra), the hard core just take it one further.
2006-11-07 14:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Makes sense to me.
2006-11-07 15:00:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if expressing gratitude
(or not)
to whatever it is that made us
in whatever way we can visualize
is okay?
2006-11-07 15:00:57 · answer #9 · answered by slippped 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um, o.k. I'm going to leave now, please don't try to follow me again.
2006-11-07 14:55:31 · answer #10 · answered by Passionfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋