Ever since man was created (how ever you believe we were created), his religious beliefs have changed... from earth worship in the neo-lithich, polytheism in ancient times, to mono-theism up until modern times with each claiming that it's predecessors had it all wrong... now Atheism is gaining a foothold on some members of society...
but doesn't that mean that eventually Atheism itself will evolve and be replaced just as previous relogions were and be thought of as a footnote in illogical thinking by primitive man thousands of years in the future???
2007-10-06 01:23:53 · 31 answers · asked by Jihad Jill 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As for those who claim atheism is not a religion or belief system... there is one interesting fact to point out whether you like it or not...
Atheists BELIEVE that there is NO GOD...
So in essence Atheism is a belief system that, although may not have a strict set of rules or pillars...
it is eerily similar to religion, just without all of the fluff that goes along with organized religion...
2007-10-06 01:33:26 · update #1
Yes a world without a god of any kind is a creation of imagination. A world with a god is a creation of imagination. There is no god of any kind is a myth. There is a god is a myth. The totality of existence minus the discovery of existence equals the mystery of existence. The mystery of existence makes possible an infinite number, diversity, and variety of myths about self and world. Why should we choose to believe in the truth of a myth that leads us to have a low esteem of self and world when we could choose to believe in the truth of a myth that leads us to have the highest esteem of self and world that we can possibly imagine?
2007-10-06 01:43:00 · answer #1 · answered by H.I. of the H.I. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheism literally means "not a theist" ie, not someone who believes in God. However, religions do exist that are atheistic (Buddhism, for one). Atheism has come to be associated with lack of belief in or allegiance to a religious ideal although this definition is only 1 definition of a term that is more complex.
Doctrines cannot be said to be "true" or "false." They are evolving ideas --testaments to the genuis of the human mind--and their validity is in the eye of the beholder or the sensibilities of the individual. The human mind is neurochemically "wired" to think spiritually, mystically, magically, and religiously as well was to think pragmatically and scientifically. This will not change. The many doctrines out there are merely so many different ways of explaining a singular human experience.
2007-10-06 02:03:55 · answer #2 · answered by philosophyangel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is nothing like religion. Absolutely nothing like it in any way, shape, or form. That would be like saying that believing there is no Santa Claus is like believing in Santa Claus, (because believing there is no Santa Claus is a "belief", too) only without the getting presents on Christmas morning part, leaving out cookies and milk part, and the "believing in him" part.
Atheists simply do not believe *other* people's stories of magical, invisible, supernatural beings. That's it. There's no "doctrine" in atheism that is similar at all to the "doctrine" of religion.
And your claims that it's "false" or "illogical" is your opinion, brought upon by your own illogical beliefs in magical, invisible, supernatural beings. There is NOTHING illogical about not believing in something for which there is NO evidence.
Ask yourself...WHY are believers so desperate to try to claim that atheism is a religion?
2007-10-06 03:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is actually different than what we've done for the past 5,000 years. It's not a religion, not bound by a set of rules and a book to tell you how to live, and its not an organized institution (there are no official atheistic organizations).
That and the fact that it's something most people make on an individual basis, not something we're born into like Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc...at least not usually.
2007-10-06 01:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by Uliju 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is disbelief of unicorns a 'false doctrine'?
Or three-armed whalehorses?
Or crocoducks?
I think disbelief in unlikely or unproveable things is just what it is:
Disbelief in unlikely or unprovable things.
Footnote:
Atheist was originally a pejorative used by religionists to describe people who didn't have a belief in a god. It's a useless word to describe a 'collective' because all atheists are so different, just like all the people who don't believe in Zeus, the Aten, or Isis etc
Maybe 'anti-theism' could become a 'doctrine' , although freedom of thought is arguably the larger motivation behind it's existence than 'doctrine' so I wouldn't like to make a wager on it's future doctrinal prospects.
UPDATE:
atheism (not capitalized) is a lack of belief in religion. It is not a religion, although you could say that many atheists believe in scientific thought, freedom of thought, and reason, so at a push you could say that some subscribe to their non-belief almost 'religiously'.
But it would be false to say atheism is a religion just like it would be false to say 'not supporting the Miami Dolphins' was a religion.
2007-10-06 01:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
ISLAM JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY are true religions from God (Allah) the creator. Athesism is the enemy of these three religions.
So know when humans started to have cars and tech they dont believe in the creator? Their is a soora in the koran that says "Dont you see look at the creation"
You aethists dont you see that the sky is standing without columns what else holding it except the creators will.
Who tought the ant how to behave.
Who tought the bird to build the nest/
Who gave the humans the brain.
In the koran that came to muslims hundereds of years ago it has a very clear soora that will make everyone to beilieve in allah (creator). It says that we opened a passage for you in the sky and you limp in space as astronants due. "My english is not that strong i cant translate it well for you sorry guys that the best i can translate it i a read the quran in arabic anyway check this site www.islamweb.net it will teach you thinks."
Another soora in the koran explains in detail the childs detailed transformation in his mothers stomach, which nonmuslims scientists where shock to proove just a couple of years ago.
2007-10-06 02:30:09 · answer #6 · answered by Pet Expert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think that mathematics is a false doctrine, also to be replaced as a "footnote in illogical thinking by primitive man"?
Atheism isn't a doctrine, hon. Believers love to pretend that atheism is just like religious belief, but in fact it is not.
2007-10-06 02:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is not a religion anymore than not believing in Santa Claus is a religion. Despite what you may think you are an atheist on some level. Do you believe in Zeus, or Odin? No? Then you are an atheist as far as those gods go.
2007-10-06 01:27:57 · answer #8 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I would have to disagree with Christianity accepting Judaism. The Nazarene rejected the teachings of the Pharisees and Scribes instead they accepted the teachings of Jesus. And the Christians who once were the Nazarene rejected the Mosaic Laws of the Jews. And Islam does not accept the teachings of Judaism or Christianity. So Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Atheism reject each other.
2016-05-17 08:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animism is the oldest of spiritual beliefs and it is still practiced today.. polytheism is also practiced today.. the youngest of the belief systems is monotheism, and it's on the decline.. atheism has its place in our society.. rational thought and reason.. a need for proof and evidence keeps us all in balance.
2007-10-06 01:34:11 · answer #10 · answered by Kallan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋