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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:49 pm

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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by egbert » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:50 pm

n the United States, atheism is considered equivalent to religion under the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. In August 2005 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed previous Supreme Court precedent[12] by ruling atheism was equivalent to a religion for 1st amendment purposes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_and_religion
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Coito ergo sum » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:52 pm

Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.

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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:53 pm

egbert wrote:
n the United States, atheism is considered equivalent to religion under the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. In August 2005 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed previous Supreme Court precedent[12] by ruling atheism was equivalent to a religion for 1st amendment purposes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_and_religion
If they had meant to say "atheism is considered a religion" I'm sure that's what they would have said.
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Coito ergo sum » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:53 pm

egbert wrote:
n the United States, atheism is considered equivalent to religion under the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. In August 2005 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed previous Supreme Court precedent[12] by ruling atheism was equivalent to a religion for 1st amendment purposes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_and_religion
That's true. But, it's not a religion. It's "equivalent" to a religion in the sense that it is akin to a religious view, and that the right to practice any religion you like entails the right to not practice any religion, or not hold any belief. It's the free exercise of non-belief.

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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

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Coito ergo sum wrote:
Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.
But atheism may be practiced as a religion, and often is.
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Ian » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:55 pm

Seth wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.
But atheism may be practiced as a religion, and often is.
How does one practice atheism? :think:

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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by AshtonBlack » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:58 pm

Seth wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.
But atheism may be practiced as a religion, and often is.
Example? (I note the little 'a')

I always thought it was a rejection of another's belief or a lack of knowledge of that belief. To me, everything else is word salad.

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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:00 pm

Seth wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.
But atheism may be practiced as a religion, and often is.
This is what I mean, Seth.
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Seth » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:05 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:
egbert wrote:
n the United States, atheism is considered equivalent to religion under the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. In August 2005 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed previous Supreme Court precedent[12] by ruling atheism was equivalent to a religion for 1st amendment purposes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_and_religion
That's true. But, it's not a religion. It's "equivalent" to a religion in the sense that it is akin to a religious view, and that the right to practice any religion you like entails the right to not practice any religion, or not hold any belief. It's the free exercise of non-belief.
It can't be an "equivalent" to religion, it's either religion or it's not religion, and the Constitution only protects the free exercise of religion, not the free exercise of other liberties unconnected to religion.

The Free Exercise clause does not protect activities that are unrelated to religion.

What the SCOTUS means is that "irreligion" is "religion." In other words, a religiously held belief in the lack of gods and theistic claims is a protected religious exercise, albeit not a theistic one, for the purposes of the First Amendment.

Thus, an implicit atheist may not be compelled to subscribe to a religion against his will, and an explicit atheist can practice his religion just as freely as a Catholic.

But if an atheist claims he has no religion, and no belief, he cannot use the excuse of atheism to claim the protection of the First Amendment for activities unrelated to religion.

Thus, Richard Dawkins can claim First Amendment protection for his speeches and writings on atheism and anti-religious beliefs and practices. But he could not argue that he can weaponize Anthrax in his lab on the basis that it's protected religious expression.
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:06 pm

Seth wrote:It can't be an "equivalent" to religion, it's either religion or it's not religion, and the Constitution only protects the free exercise of religion, not the free exercise of other liberties unconnected to religion.
Jesus fucking Christ. You don't make the rules. Equivalence, look it up.
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Seth » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:11 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:
Seth wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.
But atheism may be practiced as a religion, and often is.
Example? (I note the little 'a')

I always thought it was a rejection of another's belief or a lack of knowledge of that belief. To me, everything else is word salad.
Little-"a" atheism becomes big-"A" Atheism (the name of the religion) when an individual engages in practices that meet the standards of the definition.

Richard Dawkins is a religious Atheist because his writings and speeches clearly show that his virulent opposition to and criticism of theism is "something [he] believes in and follows devotedly" and is "a point or matter of ethics or conscience" to him.
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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:12 pm

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Re: So Neo, did you know that Atheism is a religion?

Post by AshtonBlack » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:25 pm

Seth wrote:
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Seth wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
Gonzo wrote:No, it's not. It's a philosophy. Religions have rituals, dieties, leading figures, holy books, faith-based beliefs, and passage rights.
It's neither a religion, nor a philosophy.

Atheism is the belief that there are not gods, or the lack of any belief in any gods, or at least the position that there is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that any gods exist. No philosophical position is necessitated by atheism - one may be a nihilist, objectivist, existentialist, Epicurean, or whatever, and still be an atheist.

There is no philosophy of atheism.
But atheism may be practiced as a religion, and often is.
Example? (I note the little 'a')

I always thought it was a rejection of another's belief or a lack of knowledge of that belief. To me, everything else is word salad.
Little-"a" atheism becomes big-"A" Atheism (the name of the religion) when an individual engages in practices that meet the standards of the definition.

Richard Dawkins is a religious Atheist because his writings and speeches clearly show that his virulent opposition to and criticism of theism is "something [he] believes in and follows devotedly" and is "a point or matter of ethics or conscience" to him.
Richard Dawkins is an anti-theist, also an atheist.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:31 pm

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