Are Atheists against dogma instead of religion?

Question

Sam Harrris makes an interesting point by saying that murders done under the name of Mao and Stalin werent because they were atheists, but because they were dogmatic.

So are atheists mainly against dogma and not religion per se?

Answer 1

I think religion and dogma are one and the same.

Answer 2

regrettably we gained't stand united. there is not any "Atheist Doctrine" that varieties a bond. the only element we've in undemanding is our loss of theory in a deity. no count if we like it or no longer, it is a actuality. We *can* stand united against the non secular suited, yet that's our undemanding enemy. different than that we are as distinctive as night and day. If faith ceased to exist, we'd merely be a team of human beings talking approximately random issues. Atheism isn't a cult or a company however there would be an Atheistic business enterprise, yet that's thoroughly distinctive than Atheism status by ability of itself to characterize something. It does not. it is not an fact for this reason we are able to stay separated as an entire.

Answer 3

Atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have argued that Western religions' reliance on divine authority lends itself to authoritarianism and dogmatism.This argument, combined with historical events that are argued to demonstrate the dangers of religion, such as the Crusades, inquisitions, and witch trials, are often used by antireligious atheists to justify their views; However, theists have made very similar arguments against atheists based on the state atheism of communist states. In both cases, critics argue that the connection is a weak one based on the correlation implies causation and guilt by association fallacies.

Dogma.

Answer 4

i think the personal feeling of rejecting dogma and not religion is what agnostics do, it's all good as long as you admit you're not sure about it is pretty much the opposite of dogma and is how i feel. Atheists will inevitably find themselves in conflict with religion, as it is impossible for these people with their deeply held beliefs in the supernatural to keep it private.

Answer 5

I'm against presenting dogma as original, personal thought. There's nothing wrong with dogmatically parting your hair the way you do, it's when you tell everybody that you've done it for years and it's the reason you look so good that people (rightly) look at you funny.

Answer 6

Atheists are prejudiced against a belief in God.
There are probably other kinds of dogma that individual atheists subscribe to.

For instance, there are atheist extremist conservatives (Ayn Rand), and atheist extremist liberals (Madalyn Murray O'Hair), and they can't both be right, but try arguing with either.

"Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted. While in the context of religion the term is largely descriptive, outside of religion its current usage tends to carry a pejorative connotation — referring to concepts as being "established" only according to a particular point of view, and thus one of doubtful foundation." --Wikipedia

What I find interesting about this definition is that In the context of religion dogma does not carry a negative connotation - in other words, religionists are perfectly happy to not question their admitted dogma, truly sad.

Thank existence for Rene DesCartes.

Answer 7

Atheists are simply what they are defined by in their moniker. They believe there is no god. That's it. Nothing more. There are atheists, too, who dislike the propogation of faith, feeling that it deceives people who become indoctrinated. That is something more than being an atheist.

It's like being a Christian; there are those who believe, and are willing to speak to people and tell them about Christ. There are those too, who feel they need to intrude in every level of society and "make people believe". There are the believers and there are the militants. The same goes for atheists too.

Answer 8

I don't really think they committed those atrocities because of dogma. They did it because those people opposed them and were viewed as a threat to their authority.

You cannot separate dogma from religion. They go hand in hand.

Answer 9

Atheist by definition are Non Theist, or non religious, they are not against anything.
Stalin was a paranoid mad man who killed some where in the neighborhood of 30 million people.
Why, because he wanted power.
It had nothing to do with his belief or lack there of in a god.

Answer 10

Well mostly against the dogma. But that doesn't mean that I don't think the religion is silly.