The Religion of Atheism

ah yes, you know how to apply the word practice when it comes to everyone else but not atheists, typical. I presume you are talking to yourself again.....

Here allow me to help.

Atheism, rites and rituals


The atomic whirl is one of the common atheist symbols.

The same is true with atheistic cultures (see also: Atheism and culture).

In addition, atheism is a religion and within the secular humanist faction of atheism (see: Schools of atheist thought and Atheist factions), there are "humanist celebrants" who perform humanist ceremonies (funerals, weddings, baby namings, etc.).[1] In recent years, secular humanists have launched some "atheist churches" (see: Sunday Assembly atheist church movement).

Suzanne Moore wrote in The Guardian about secular humanist events:

“ When it came to making a ceremony, I really did not want the austerity of some humanist events I have attended, where I feel the sensual world is rejected. This is what I mean about aesthetics....I found myself turning to flowers, flames and incense. Is there anything more beautiful than the offerings made all over the world, of tiny flames and blossom on leaves floating on water?[2] ”
Contents

• 1 Atheist weddings
  • 1.1 Atheist weddings in the Western World
  • 1.2 Other atheist wedding ceremonies in Asia
    • 1.2.1 Atheist weddings in China
    • 1.2.2 Atheist weddings in North Korea
• 2 Atheistic cultures/subcultures and the naming of children
  • 2.1 Naming of children in specific atheistic countries
    • 2.1.1 Naming your children after communist leaders of North Korea is forbidden is forbidden in North Korea
• 3 Atheist funerals
  • 3.1 Atheist funerals in the Western World
  • 3.2 Funerals in some Asian atheistic countries
  • 3.3 Controversy about atheist funerals relating to a supporter of Madalyn Murray O'Hair
• 4 Atheism and holidays
  • 4.1 Atheism and Christmas
  • 4.2 Darwin Day
• 5 Ritualistic atheists
• 6 Notes

Atheist weddings
See also: Atheist weddings

how bout that, atheists practicing atheism, albeit not a very colorful lot.

 

Now when you can actually post any evidence that any of that nonsense applies to a significant percentage of athiests you may have a cogent arguement. Till then you got nothing except meaningless verbiage. .

And are you really claiming Conservapedia as a legitimate information source?

 

Nice backpedaling! To late

 

So you admit it doesn't! And of course you should learn what back pedaling means.

 

That's because they are all names. That's why when you capitalize "god" and make it "God", it represents the Judeo-Christian God and not the Hindu gods. So, by when you say that doesn't believe in God is an antitheist, you are saying Hindus are antitheists, which of course is ridiculous.

 

Oh? how about a quote for that rule?

it means exactly what I intended it to mean.
back-pedal
[bak-ped-l]

1. to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
2. to retreat from or reverse one's previous stand on any matter; shift ground: to back-pedal after severe criticism.
3. Boxing . to retreat from an opponent, especially by stepping rapidly backward.

Never at a loss for laughs here!

But we all know all about that dishonest debate strategy because any source that disagrees with you is not a legitimate information source.

Are you really claiming its not a legitimate source? Really?
Are you really claiming you are a legitimate source (Really?) or are remotely qualified to determine what is a legitimate source? Really?

I am beginning to form the conclusion that atheism is the religion of shadowy delusions anyone who reads even poorly can see the rug being constantly pulled out from all the atheological dogma posted in this and other threads.

When people huff and puff like a terrified blowfish its proof they have nothing what so ever as a counter argument, but at least it makes them feel like a winner!

 

No the claim is it is intellectually dishonest of you to present the actions or beliefs of a tiny number of athiests as representative of all athiests or even the majority of athiests.

 

I thought you would have learned that in elementary school, but here you go: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/rules-for-capitalizing-proper-nouns.html.

 

What are the beliefs that all atheists have? Do all Christians have the same beliefs? Do all Jews have the same belief?

 

Sure however unlike atheists and worse the militant neoatheists including those on this board I prefer to show respect for the most part for peoples God since everyone identifies 'their' God as a proper noun, so my usage is universal regardless of who someone worships.

which atheists?

nope

nope

Whats intellectually dishonest is your pretense that you did some kind of a survey much less a valid survey, or that you are some kind of duly elected atheist spokesman.

 

Pot....meet kettle.

 

Except that Hindus do not use "God" for the name of their god/gods. Their have actual names and the Hindus get a little peeved when someone tries to replace their gods' names with "God".

 

I thought Christians and Athiests were gathering their powers together to destroy the Arabs.

 

You almost got me with that one (damn Poe's law)

 

The intention was comedy, but there is some truth to it. If you’ve got something interesting to say go for it.

 

Well, considering that atheism is just a non-belief in a god or gods, I'm not sure if they are much into destroying anyone, but with Christianity's history with Islam and their current rhetoric against Muslims, I wouldn't be surprised if Christians wanted to destroy Muslims.

 

Depends on how you want to view Athiests. There are those that don’t care and those that wish to eradicate. The latter have found perfect comfort in using the state for their end, and don’t mind rubbing the shoulders of Christians that want the same.

 

The dislike of Islam is pretty much universal and has little to do with Allah. Many people of all walks wish to see it go away because of the people who claim it before killing everyone else....Islam has become self defeating because of Jihad and Muslims suffer because of it. Christianity also gets a bit of this Ire because of its adherents but because they are simply obnoxious instead of deadly that just get beaten on forums instead of a battlefield.

 

Which ways have atheists used the state to eradicate ANY religion? There are extremists in all groups, the difference is what they do with their extremism. It's one thing to use legal means to ban a perceived enemy, quite another to actually kill people (or say they need to be killed).

 

By Atheists do you mean people who do not claim to be Christian?

How do YOU view Atheists?

 

yeh Islam is a close runner up to atheism.

tough to top stalin and mao

its hard to believe anyone could post such a naive question.

Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on the orders of Stalin, 5 December 1939

Throughout the history of the Soviet Union (1922–1991), there were periods where Soviet authorities suppressed and persecuted various forms of Christianity to different extents depending on State interests.[1] Soviet Marxist-Leninism policy consistently advocated the control, suppression, and ultimately, the elimination of religious beliefs, and actively encouraged atheism in the Soviet Union.[2] However, most religions were never officially outlawed.[1]

The state advocated the destruction of religion, and it officially pronounced religious beliefs to be superstitious and backward. The Communist Party destroyed churches, synagogues,[5] mosques and Buddhist temples, ridiculed, harassed, incarcerated and executed religious leaders, flooded the schools and media with anti-religious teachings, and it introduced a belief system called "scientific atheism," with its own rituals, promises and proselytizers.[6][7] The total number of Christian victims under the Soviet regime has been estimated to range between 12-20 million.[8][9]

WOW! Just like the atheists here!

Religious beliefs and practices persisted among the majority of the population,[6] in the domestic and private spheres but also in the scattered public spaces allowed by a state that recognized its failure to eradicate religion and the political dangers of an unrelenting culture war.[3][10]

For those who failed to comprehend in another thread that religion is the foundation of 'any' culture.

 

Some of the prominent athiests have been very supportive of the middle eastern war campaign, and interested in imposing regime changes. To me these ventures are not as political as ideological.

To be fair, I haven’t kept up with the most recent of athiest literature, but find myself wary of the movement do to its lack of self criticism.

To be clear, not all athiests are this way. I’m talking of a few that are most likely just louder than any of the moderates.

 

I’m indifferent. Atheists are just people like everyone else. No, I don’t believe in some dichotomy of atheism and Christianity.

 

Hmm... here I thought YourBrainIsGod was talking about the U.S.. That's why I love this country, we have the First Amendment and it protects us from religious persecutions, state run religions, and Sharia Law. Countries with secular governments always do the best.

 

What are you?