I was inspired to ask this question by the intelligent statement of an answerer that many devout atheists and agnostics actually become religious about being non religious. So here's the quote. What do you think?
"That which desacrilizes a given reality, itself in turn, becomes the new sacred reality."
Jacques Ellul
2007-09-30 14:06:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I personally am an Agnostic. I don't really understand that quote, honestly, but this subject has always been cause for debate. I don't think it has so much to do with being religious about being non-religious, it's just that people will strive to show the world that their opinion is the RIGHT opinion and will go to great lengths to prove it. Being that religion is such a huge subject (I mean, it IS our fate after all) everyone will have their own two-cents worth to give. It's just the same as any other argument, we will debate our beliefs in other things such as who is the better sports team, whether abortion should/shouldn't be legal, Democrats vs. Republicans, etc. and those debates can become very heated as well just for the simple fact that we all want to have the correct opinion.
I personally think Atheism and Agnosticism are both religions, just that they are in their own sub-category within religion. So, yes, we will be very religious in letting others know our views of the world, but really it's just another argument in a world of debating opinions.
2007-09-30 14:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by EZgoer5289 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I suspect the Bible god is fake, an invention of that pervert Moses; but how can my suspicion be elevated to a sacred reality?
When you get right down to it, I don't really give a holy crap about religion or non-religion. I just find religious people a little goofy.
2007-09-30 21:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure what you mean by "religious" in this context. Do you mean passionate? Many atheists feel very strongly about what they believe and don't hesitate to say what they think on the subject. I don't see how that equates with religion. You might be very passionately anti-abortion, does that mean the anti-abortion position is your religion?
2007-09-30 21:13:41 · answer #3 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They identify with one another just like christians do, im not sure if that makes them religious or not, depends on how the word religion is used here, atheism can no way be attributed to any myth however.
2007-09-30 21:14:09 · answer #4 · answered by Seargent Gork 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, I could see that.
I have heard of athiest groups that meet. I wonder what they talk about? What is there to talk about if you don't believe in something? Pound it to death?
Maybe it's just people who like to be around other reasonable people. But making it a religion, or a concentration, is kind of defeating the principle.
2007-09-30 21:09:52 · answer #5 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't congregate, except for a few groups in the USA like American Atheists. (Yahoo Answers does not qualify, of course...)
2007-09-30 21:24:04 · answer #6 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's crap. There's nothing sacred about not believing in something. I don't believe in the tooth fairy, I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, I don't believe in God. They're all the same to me.
2007-09-30 21:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you want to classify such things as science as a religion (or sacred) then yea there is a sacred value to it
i personally am skeptical about everything from god to physics theorys . i need proof
2007-09-30 21:12:19 · answer #8 · answered by sean m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe an example or two would help to explain what you mean
2007-09-30 21:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no believable god - that's it its that simple.
2007-09-30 21:10:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋