2007-03-23 18:33:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Since Atheism is the belief that there is no God, why can't it be a doctrine?
2007-03-23 18:37:58 · update #1
The belief of no God, reflects a view of atheism as a specific ideological stance, can be viewed as a doctrine
2007-03-23 18:39:22 · update #2
It is a doctrine. Although the word doctrine is used heavily within religion not all doctrines are religious doctrines.
A definition of doctrine is "a body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject." As such atheism is a doctrine under that definition.
2007-03-23 18:51:14 · answer #1 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a doctrine is a body of statements of belief. Atheism is merely a description of a point of view. It is in essence, an affirmation of Occam's Razor, or deciding using the smallest number of assumptions.
2007-03-24 17:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by OPM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A doctrine is a belief system/world view that a person uses in his/her daily life.
So yes Atheism is a doctrine...not a very good one since to truly claim to be an Atheist you have to have full knowledge of everything.
2007-03-24 01:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by X M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's more a position on God.
Many atheists (like many here) are secular humanists (no gos, ghosts, goblins, or things we can't prove), which fall more under the "doctrine" label.
Check out wikipedia.com for more on secular humanism.
2007-03-24 01:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, but secularism is gradually becoming more authoritative than it had been.
I used the most common definition of doctrine, by the way.
2007-03-24 01:37:55 · answer #5 · answered by juhsayngul 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is a belief in the non-existence of god or gods. Is realizing that Santa doesn't exist a doctrine?
2007-03-24 01:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
There are several meanings of "doctrine." You'd need to be more specific.
2007-03-24 01:38:01 · answer #7 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is doctrine involved. It is most definitely a belief system. Personally, I could ever have the faith it requires to be an atheist. That is truly blind faith.
2007-03-24 01:36:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Before I read these responses I had the impression that dictionaries were widely available. Apparently not.
2007-03-24 01:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, atheism is a belief.
2007-03-24 01:36:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋