do atheist disbelieve in all religions or just god?

Question

im doing a speech and need more info on how atheists have to repsond to religions (christianity in particular) and how much other religions treat them

i dont believe in religions because they seem too demanding so i guess i can consider myself an atheist, so im doing a speech representing the view i have which seems closely related to atheism

Answer 1

No gods. No religions. There are several atheistic philosophies, though.

As far as Xians, many are OK. I won't say "most" because most seem to me to lean toward the fundie end of the spectrum once you get to know them. I find closed-minded fundies detestable.

Answer 2

"Atheism" by definition is "no belief in deity". That's ALL the word means.

Considering that MOST religions are based on some sort of deity concept, this means that atheists on the whole are not into religion. How they "respond" to religion is different for different atheists. Some find religion to be the source of the world's problems. Some will participate in religion as far as philanthropy and some social events are concerned. Most take a "live and let live" attitude where they don't care about other people's religions one way or another, so long as they're not trying to push it on others in any way.

However, there ARE non-theistic religions out there. Strictly speaking, one CAN be both an atheist and a Theravada Buddhist, or an atheist and a Taoist, or an atheist who's into the Raeliean Movement, etc. (And yes, these are religions, not "just philosophies"; philosophies do not include ceremony and dogma). The far majority of atheists though do not subscribe to a religion. And of course, not liking religion doesn't automatically make you an atheist. There are plenty of theists who don't subscribe to a particular religion.

Answer 3

In it's strictest definition atheism is simply the absence of a belief in deities; however, some atheists take this to mean a rejection of any idea which cannot be supported, understood, or researched through the scientific method and logical reasoning. Several religions do not include deities in their belief systems, and so do not have any feelings about atheists one way or another.

Achille: Buddha is not a god. He was very clear about this. This has not stopped some Buddhists from treating him like a god, but the man was always very clear about his own human origins, and in the ability of all people to emulate his example.

Taoism is much the same as being a religion that, at its core, is abscent of deities.

Answer 4

It simply means without theism.

"how atheists have to repsond to religions"

You (and most people answering this) sound like you're making a very common mistake in that you're trying to lump all atheists together. Being an atheist is actually a very small part of what I and other atheists are. How atheists respond to any subject is going to vary so greatly that you could never adequately capture it.

In response to the Additional Details

"i dont believe in religions because they seem too demanding so i guess i can consider myself an atheist"

That isn't necessarily atheism. You may not believe in religions (I can only assume that means you don't believe in following a religion and not that you don't believe in their existence) but that isn't what atheism means. Do you believe in the existence of a deity? If yes then by definition you are not an atheist.

Answer 5

My personal view is that there are no gods, and thus it would be useless for me to practice a religion without belief. I don't mind if other people believe, as long as they don't force it upon me.

Christianity is the most vehement religion in my community. The largest religious group where I live is Jewish, but Judaism doesn't believe in hell, so it's chill. I do know a few Christians that tell me I'm going to hell. It annoys me. However, I know plenty of perfectly nice Christians. They're cool.

Answer 6

Atheists hold no belief in any divine being - call it God or gods.

Atheists do believe in religions - as a social institution, they permeate society.

Most atheists would agree that religions exist; there is evidence for such things in the world. There is no evidence for God that does not either violate reason or have a simpler explanation using reason and empirics.

Edit: As an agnostic, I should state that the last statement I made above was made in a cursory manner. Such a statement does not impose upon me to reject the notion of a divine being. There are violations of Occam's razor everywhere; most are apparent and later found to NOT be violations. Therefore my statement was not meant to be taken as a revelation of my naivety or arrogance today; instead it is a belief about the truth.

Answer 7

'Or just god'?? Were you under the impression that 'god' is a religion?

Atheists disbelieve in all religions that have a god or gods or any other supernatural being or factor as a necessary part of that religion.

As for 'how much other religions treat them', that's not even a sentence in English so I can't answer you.

Answer 8

An atheist is simply someone who doesn't believe in any god. Since religions depend on worshiping a god or gods, it's impossible for an atheist to believe in religion.

And to the person that added Buddha to the list of gods that atheists don't believe in, Buddha isn't a god and Buddhism isn't based on worshiping any god. It's more of a spiritual "religion" for lack of a better term for it.

Answer 9

I hate people's misconception that the Buddha is a god, because he's not.

Atheist do not believe in god or gods... That's all atheism is. For most not having a religion comes with the territory.

Answer 10

"logical scientific communicate approximately God" it is an oxymoron i'm no longer an atheist, yet i know the inspiration of believing, is faith In technology you do no longer believe in issues and you have not got self assurance "on account that there is not any scientic clarification for the beginning up of the universe there had be be something that have been given it started out and that factor looks to have a objective, i.e. evolution (and that i dont propose merely organic and organic evolution, I propose all varietys of evolution)" Um... perchance it is why no one needs to have a 'scientific' communicate with you Ever heard of the great Bang? and additionally, evolution has no longer something to do with the beginning up of the universe Evolution happens after the universe and existence exist already "I additionally right here atheist comparing God to believing in leprechauns. there's a substantial flaw with that analogy. Leprechauns are defined and there is not any necessity to believing in there particular characteristics to describe something in technology. an identical is going for purple dragons or pychic powers." How do you recognize that purple dragons, leprechauns, and psychic powers are defined? have you ever your self witnessed and measured and defined them? If no longer, then, no, they do no longer look to be defined. Plus being defined has no longer something to do with that analogy