most people probably dont worship zuess, appollo, odin, zoroaster, marduk, etc, etc, anymore right? all these gods of yore ( over 2500 recorded throughout history) have been relegated to the dustbin of history for one very good reason or another and all of you who believe in some present form of a deity are in essence atheistic toward these past gods...those of us who currently ascribe to modern atheism simply take this one god further...
2007-03-19 07:01:57 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Linguistically you are right. Anyone who believes in a particular religion is in essence atheistic to the gods of all other religions. I saw this explanatory video about how every religion is in its own bubble of delusion and doesnt accept the beliefs of others when in fact they are all wrong. But i doubt anyone who believes in a modern day religion will allow you to compare their gods to zeus, apollo etc. even though i dont see much of a difference.
2007-03-19 07:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by HaSo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is interesting to note that some early Christians were accused of being atheists because they denied the commonly accepted gods. They were not atheists of course. They simply had a different understanding of the nature of God. Moving from belief in one god to belief in another in no way suggests movement closer to or through atheism. It merely reflects a change in understanding with respect to the nature of God. A person who converts from belief in Zeus to belief in Christ does not cease to believe in God. They have merely come to the understanding that God is more about love than he is about thunderbolts.
2007-03-20 07:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by James W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The disbelief in the gods you've cited does not mean disbelief in God. Since atheism is disbelief in gods of god, and theists believe in God, they are not atheists.
Your logic is a bit flawed, and could be used to argue that because one doesn't drive a Honda, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, Buick, Dodge or Chevrolet, a person is not a driver, even though that person drives a Mercury.
2007-03-19 07:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
by ability of definition God suits into the category of the imaginary- some thing contemporary in the mind's eye for which there is not any information that it exists everywhere else. i do not see any aspect in conserving out the threat that each thing imaginary may exist. that's a waste of time and includes a lot of ridiculous caveats. case in point, if God may exist, that could want to aspect out that no different gods exist, because monotheism holds that there is in undemanding words one god. in spite of the undeniable fact that, if different gods may exist, that signifies that God would not exist, considering that God is meant to be the in undemanding words god. And if God exists, then angels and devil may exist, being all portion of that monotheist equipment. yet when God would not exist, then apparently angels and devil do not exist, and so on. Why may I problem with all that? As I suggested, that's a waste of time.
2016-12-02 05:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is strictly your choice, just like what flavor of ice cream do you want ? But as a Christian I have beliefs about consequences of not choosing to believe in God. It is purely your decision that hopefully you have made thru research and investigation as we should make all good decisions.
2007-03-19 07:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the most strict sense of the word, either you believe in some god or gods, or you don't. So, no, you only have to believe in one to no longer be an atheist.
However, I get your meaning, and yes, everyone disbelieves in some god or another.
We certainly all begin as atheists.
2007-03-19 07:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
to answer toad_stool357 - we do believe in religion
we do not believe in god ( there is a difference - god does not exist religion sadly does exist and is cause of much suffering and pain throughout the world)
I am 100% atheist
2007-03-19 07:11:21 · answer #7 · answered by cool321steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think what you mean is agnostic. Agnostics are (for lack of a better phrase) "half in, half out". They neither believe nor disbelieve in God and/or religion.
So in that case, yes, I agree with you. We are all skeptics. Even the most fundamentalist religionists are skeptics....they just don't want to admit it because they don't want to go to hell.
2007-03-19 07:23:55 · answer #8 · answered by Abby C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because a real atheist don't believe in any kind of god.
2007-03-19 07:14:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is correct, logically speaking. That is why when someone asks me to "prove there is no god", I tell them to show me how they proved that none of the other gods in the world exist, and I will apply that logic to theirs.
They hate it when you say that.
2007-03-19 07:08:31 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋