So this guy on here keeps claiming that all atheists share a rule set and beliefs. I keep telling him that we only share one value and that is the lack of any evidence of any of the billion proposed gods. Can anyone name any other belief that our whole group shares?
2007-06-05 15:46:01 · 12 answers · asked by Scott B 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
May you get noodly with someone else this evening good sir.
2007-06-05 16:15:59 · update #1
FireBrand you ignored my evidence and stuck to your childlike claims so good luck to you sir and I hope some day you actually open your eyes.
2007-06-06 12:06:15 · update #2
I believe it was Richard Dawkins that said getting a bunch of atheists together to support a common belief is like herding cats.
2007-06-05 15:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by robtheman 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No. We only share the one common thread - no god exists to us. Even in this belief, there are two approaches to it. The first is the more passive "I don't believe in god," which is similar to many agnostic stances. Commonly, this is called "weak" atheism. The second is the more aggressive, or proactive, stance, "I believe there is no god." This is what we would call a "strong" atheist. There is no other unifying theme. Some of us believe in reincarnation, others only in one life, one death. Some of us mix in other spiritual forms of belief, like Buddhism, Zen, or Taoism, since these beliefs do not require a god. Others are purely atheists, so there is nothing spiritual to them. We even have differing points of view about morality.
2007-06-05 23:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None. Even the way we perceive religion is different. To have rules and a set of beliefs would make us a religion, and we are obviously not one.
2007-06-05 23:04:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most people have the same general ideas of good and bad, no matter what, if any, religion they follow.
Differences lie in the details (murder is wrong... except when...)
2007-06-05 22:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The guy sounds like he finds it necessary to pigeonhole people so he can understand them better.
I don't fit into a pigeonhole.
2007-06-05 22:54:26 · answer #5 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...the lack of gods is about the only thing that we all share.
2007-06-05 22:51:39 · answer #6 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Empirical truths.
2007-06-05 22:53:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
haven't seen two of us that could be considered as having the same beliefs.
2007-06-05 23:02:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
I could give you three or four that are close. But I have talked to exceptions to all of them.
2007-06-05 22:49:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Love for intellectual honesty, and love for all living creatures.
2007-06-05 22:53:33 · answer #10 · answered by element_115x 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋