2007-09-12 11:07:53 · 25 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. People can believe in god/s and adhere to no religion whatsoever.
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2007-09-12 11:10:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 03:04:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is really just a structered system of belief. In that case, any significant group of people that can be identified by their system of belief is a religion.
Atheism is not the opposite of religion, its a specific type of religion, its the belief that there is no god. And often, its the belief that existence can be explained objectively through observation and deduction / induction. So instead of going to church and worshiping, they go to the lab and perform experiments and make observations. Instead of reading about the truth in a book, they infer the truth from the observations they have made.
As others have mentioned, there are even more traditional atheistic religions: Taoism and Buddhism are both examples.
The opposite of religion is wakefulness, or more traditionally, enlightenment. When you prefer to see the world as-such, and not through the distorted lens of any particular dogma or preconceived world-view, you are not being religious -- you are being ingenuous.
2007-09-12 11:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by KenshoDude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Is the opposite of religion atheism?
2015-08-07 03:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that atheism is the belief that there is no God. Many people believe in God but do not subscribe to a religion, this does not make them atheists.
I would say that the opposite of religion is chaos( or lack of structure) because without it, people would not have the belief systems that have made our society.
2007-09-12 11:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion and atheism are the same in that the person has made a faith choice in one particular direction. The opposite of them both is agnosticism where the person has chosen not to even bother with it.
2007-09-12 11:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is following God/gods.
Atheism is believing there is no God/are no gods.
There are some people who believe in a god/gods but don't follow any gods.
Theism is the opposite of atheism
2007-09-12 11:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of religion is spiritual chaos and/or spiritual anarchy.
I am not sure that I would describe Atheism as chaotic or anarchistic nor spiritual.
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2007-09-12 11:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The opposite religion is an uncaring attitude towards religion.
2007-09-12 11:18:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the opposite of theism, or belief.
2007-09-12 11:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by atheist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of theism is atheism.
It can be used as an antonym but I think "secular" would be better or "profane" especially since if you do not have a religion it does not necessarily mean you are atheist.
2007-09-12 11:10:56 · answer #11 · answered by alana 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋