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Atheism
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:25 pm
So maybe this is stupid but it kinda hit me today for the first time in my 40+ years. I’m not taking the piss out of anyone, I’m genuinely wanting to know.
Why do atheists have a label? If you don’t believe in something why make a group for that? I don’t have a label because I don’t believe in Bigfoot.
Why do atheists have a label? If you don’t believe in something why make a group for that? I don’t have a label because I don’t believe in Bigfoot.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:27 pm to TFH
Because atheism is a religion whether they know it or not.
They all repeat scientific phrases without ever seeing the proof and believing it on faith because someone told them so.
They all repeat scientific phrases without ever seeing the proof and believing it on faith because someone told them so.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:27 pm to TFH
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I don’t have a label because I don’t believe in Bigfoot.
You would if 99% of humanity believed in Bigfoot.
Next.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:28 pm to Knuckle Checker
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Because atheism is a religion whether they know it or not.
I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:35 pm to TFH
Only two labels for humans, Saved or Unsaved
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:36 pm to TFH
It’s shorter than “people lying to themselves”
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:38 pm to TFH
Atheism is the faith that something somehow came from nothing. Not only something, but a series of circumstances that defied astronomical odds to lead to sentient life...multiple times on the same planet
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:39 pm to TFH
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If you don’t believe in something
Ahh but they do.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:39 pm to scottydoesntknow
Well put. I hadn’t considered that lack of faith still requires faith.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:41 pm to TFH
I started to quote a post with my usual, "This is the correct answer" addition, but pretty much every post has been the correct answer, so well done all.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:41 pm to scottydoesntknow
You can’t escape your heritage. Your ancestral religion is basically in your DNA. It governs all your decisions whether you want to accept it or not. Just because some dipshit at university got you to denounce it doesn’t mean it went away. I’m not religious but I’m also not in denial.
This post was edited on 9/11/25 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:41 pm to McLemore
Hitler and Stalin were atheists and saw themselves as gods.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:43 pm to scottydoesntknow
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Atheism is the faith that something somehow came from nothing. Not only something, but a series of circumstances that defied astronomical odds to lead to sentient life...multiple times on the same planet
And it’s a belief in chance. Which is not a thing. So I guess I revise my statement above: they believe in a nothing. And that’s unreality because they had to exist to come up with that conclusion. They had to be things.
For a more sophisticated similar argument, see Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:43 pm to Madking
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You can’t escape your heritage. Your ancestral religion is basically in your DNA. It governs all your decisions whether you want to accept it or not. Just because some dipshit at university got you denounce it doesn’t mean it went away. I’m not religious but also not in denial.
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here. Can you expound?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:44 pm to wackatimesthree
So your heritage comes with its faith which for most people goes back as far as can be traced. It’s ingrained in your value system generationally. You can’t escape it
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:45 pm to TFH
It’s the rejection of theism. Which has evolved into the rejection of what we today consider religion. They believe in something. They are just in denial of what it actually is.
Now what we see with trans ideology and children mutilation is pure satanic demon possession.
Now what we see with trans ideology and children mutilation is pure satanic demon possession.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:45 pm to Knuckle Checker
The church of atheism does exist.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:48 pm to wackatimesthree
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I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here. Can you expound?
They're saying that you can't escape your religious heritage, even if you denounce it. I agree. I lack faith, but much of my decision making comes from the influence of it in my raising. Same as people who let their lack of faith turn them into monsters. It's the anger and exaggerated turn against it that makes them behave as fools.
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