ATHEISTS & AGNOSTICS: Are there particular philosophies of life that describe your beliefs and values?

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For example, Humanism, Naturalism, Materialism, Hedonism, Post-modernism, etc.

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Answer 1

All my life philosophies I've learned from musical theater.

"Witches can be right,
Giants can be good,
You decide what's right,
You decide what's good."

"I chose and my world was shaken.
So what?
The choice may have been mistaken;
The choosing was not.
You have to move on."

Is there a name for that? Sondheim-ism?

Answer 2

Belief is not a choice, if you don't believe in a god/s then this doesn't mean someone doesn't have morals or a value for life, it merely means that that person doesn't believe in some greater power. The fact there are so many different religions it can be argued that this further reinforces the belief in no god/s as how out of thousands can one religion claim universal truth. Religion was created to answer the unanswerable questions. The assumption that atheists have no morals or value for life is a huge over generalization and is complete nonsense.

Answer 3

Although all or parts of those philosophies may describe the most basic elements at the core of my beliefs and values, I am a self-made individual. It hasn't been the case of me adopting what I am to fit into a philosophical shoe that is my approximate size but rather that the philosophy, by chance or by being reasonably modeled, describes me in spite of myself.

Of the philosophies you've listed, I am more toward humanism and secularism than toward any of the others however I don't limit myself to any of the guidelines that those philosophies might have chosen to establish. Before everything and anything, I am my own philosophical contractor.

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Answer 4

Freethinker here. Most people think of agnosticism in a negative way, but I think there's a positive side to it. Since nobody has the Absolute Truth, I think it means that we all have the freedom to believe in whatever the heck we want to believe in. If I choose to be a pantheist one day, and a nihilist the next day, I'm free to do so. I can be a hedonist and a humanist at the same time. And, best of all, I can praise 'Bob'!

Answer 5

Natural Philosophy is probably the best description for me.. though it and every other term fall short of representing what my beliefs and values really are.. I am more of a little bit of everything, all jumbled together.

Answer 6

Well, I'm somewhat of a cross between the two. I do not believe in any sort of divinity, however if a form of divinity DOES exist, I believe that humankind will never be able to understand it (due to the fact that it is a higher power and we are mere humans). I am pro-LGBT rights (I am a G myself and proud of it) and I have a liberal view in politics, although I am not a radical liberal.

Answer 7

Maslow's Humanism.

Answer 8

I would describe myself as a humanist. Post-modernism can be interesting, in a pretentious sort of way, but as a life philosophy, it borders too close to nihilism for my tastes.

Answer 9

i prefer to take the best from all the great philosophies: the open-mindedness of wicca, the self-indulgence of satanism, the meditation of buddhism, and yes, even some of my strongest moral values i found in christianity. just because i dont follow the supernatural parts of religions doesnt mean i dont have one.

Answer 10

Yep! Epicureanism, social darwinism, freethought, light-hearted narcissism, and a few others. Imagine my surprise when I found there was a single, non-theistic religion that encompassed it all.