New Aestheism movements

[tedteague]

I agree! Atheism is not a belief system, it is a lack of belief in gods. Any gods. Atheists may have other beliefs, which have nothing to do with the existence, or not, of gods. Just as Christians, or Jews, or Muslims can have other beliefs aside from their gods. The difference is that atheists do NOT try to force their beliefs on others. We DO try to prevent theists from forcing their beliefs upon us.

this is as far as i read, so this may already have been addressed but i must disagree strongly with this point. bill maher made a documentary that mocks religion in "religious." Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a broadway Musical called "The Book of Mormon" that ridicules religion, not to mention the dozens of episodes of south park. to say that only theists preach and try to convert others is false, atheists do it just as much as anyone else. i can even observe in a few thrwads you yourself attacking religion everywhere, in one such thread about the meanings of easter, where it was clearly a religious follower simply asking for clarification on a few confusing dogmatic issues, you had no problem ripping into an anti-religious rant

[Thorne]

this is as far as i read, so this may already have been addressed but i must disagree strongly with this point. bill maher made a documentary that mocks religion in "religious." Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a broadway Musical called "The Book of Mormon" that ridicules religion, not to mention the dozens of episodes of south park. to say that only theists preach and try to convert others is false, atheists do it just as much as anyone else. i can even observe in a few thrwads you yourself attacking religion everywhere, in one such thread about the meanings of easter, where it was clearly a religious follower simply asking for clarification on a few confusing dogmatic issues, you had no problem ripping into an anti-religious rant

There is a big difference between attacking religion and attacking someone's faith. Religious organizations are little more than big businesses, without all of the legal restrictions by which businesses must abide. Yes, I attack religion, and religious organizations. I do not attack individuals unless they are forcing their religion onto others.

I will also ridicule someone who tells me they actually believe that the world is only 6000 years old, or that their god drowned the world in a global flood, or that their all-loving god hates gays, unless they can show evidence of their claims that doesn't involve taking their particular book of fairy tales and myths on faith.