Seems a little conformist if you ask me. Bahh bahh.
2007-10-17 07:41:34 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only if you do it to be cool. If, on the other hand, you study reality for a while and come to the conclusion after calm and rational reflection, then it isn't conformity, but intelligence!
2007-10-17 07:44:45 · answer #1 · answered by average person Violated 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question assumes a fallacy called a false dichotomy, in which only two possible cases are stated to exist when in actuality many more cases are possible. In this instance, you are stating free will is not possible given belief in a deity. Therefore, if you have free will, you must be an atheist. Or, if you believe in a deity, you must not be able to think for yourself. There are many more possible combinations of free will and belief, or lack thereof, in a deity. Fallacious reasoning is the master of the sheep, so bahh bahh right back at you.
2007-10-17 07:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by spleenbutter 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bahh, Bahh, I don't believe in anything just like 2% of the rest of the world. I must be a sheep and not the Xians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, etc...
2007-10-17 07:47:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
>ATHEIST SHEEP
Starting your question with an insult is not a very good way to get friendly or informative responses. The fact that the insult you have chosen to use is also highly ironic only increases this effect by making you look like an ignorant fool. Of course, there's a chance that you ARE an ignorant fool, in which case I guess it's good to get that settled up front.
>Does "thinking for yourself" mean 'adopting an atheist viewpoint'?
No, of course not. A true freethinker does not demand that anyone be an atheist. In fact, it is not theoretically necessary for a freethinker to even BE an atheist. We are not asking you to simply believe that God doesn't exist, that would be just as unreasonable as you asking us to simply believe that God does exist. No, freethinkers like me want you to look at the real evidence, using real logic, and come to a rational conclusion that is not based on any kind of emotion, faith or dogma. It is much more important to understand WHY God doesn't exist than simply to believe he doesn't.
2007-10-17 07:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not an atheist I am a Gnostic Techno Pagan, so not conformist at all, and thinking for yourself in no way means adopting an atheist point of view.
2007-10-17 07:46:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I think there are a lot of different conclusions to draw about spiritual matters when you think for yourself. Even accepting the religion you grew up in, if you have actually thought about it and concluded it is the best way for you. Part of "honoring your father and mother," for example.
Atheists are decidedly NOT sheep. We challenge everything, question everything, mull everything over. That's the nature of recognizing that your decisions are your own to make. And the consequences of those decisions your own responsibility.
2007-10-18 10:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becoming an atheist was NOT something I copied. I did it all by myself and I took a hell of a lot of abuse for it. For about fifty years, until I discovered this website, I had never even discussed atheism with another person who would admit to being an atheist. I think atheists are much more like lone eagles. It is the believers who are constantly bleating about being lambs of God, members of the flock, etc.
2007-10-17 08:00:33 · answer #7 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the non-comformist pledge
"I will not do what everone else is doing just because its cool
I will not parrot others' thoughts just because its cool
I will not repeat what others say just because its....
wait a sec what??"
lol sorry just a bit of humor. anyway, i wouldn't call myself a "nonconformist" and i am absolutely not an atheist (christian thank you) but i do believe in thinking for yourself. being an individual doesn't have to mean doing and thinking things no one else does. rather DONT think these thinks ONLY because those around you do! so to answer your question no thinking for yourself does not mean adopting an atheist viewpoint.
2007-10-17 07:48:42 · answer #8 · answered by t bizz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't quite get the question here. How can an atheist be an atheist without adopting a disbelief in the existence of god?
2007-10-17 07:48:48 · answer #9 · answered by x2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no religion that can tell you all that GOD is. Therefore, thinking for yourself does not necessarily mean becoming an atheist. However, if, through your own exploration, you find that you believe that GOD does not exist, it will be easier to explain yourself to people by telling them that you are an atheist.
2007-10-17 07:49:54 · answer #10 · answered by Shima42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋