SigTerm |
06-30-2011 03:29 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by SL00b
(Post 4400655)
But the hobby is not stamp collecting, ergo they are not stamp collectors, you're moving the goalposts here.
|
It looks like stamp collection example isn't suitable for the discussion (frankly, looks like a strawman to me...).
Regarding real-world people. There are two possible scenarios: - Type-A. An atheist who doesn't concentrate on "not believing in a god" too much.
- Type-B. An atheist who jumps at any opportunity to tell people that "there is no god", asserts that he(she?) is an atheist frequently, is a member of some kind of atheistic club (social network group, or whatever), have some kind of well-known figure(Dawkins?) whose opinion he(she?) shares and probably secretly believe that being an atheist somehow makes him better.
Type-A cannot be called religious, but to an observer Type-B is indistinguishable from average religious fanatic, plus there are emerging elements similar to organized religion. If you don't want other people to think that atheism is religion, IMO, you should get rid of all the Type-Bs.
Also, it looks like the thread is going in the wrong direction. My original point was that atheism and religion are not mutually exclusive, so whether atheism is religion or not is completely irrelevant.
|