To: narby
Atheism is a belief system, a "religion". Just to quibble, I would call it a lack of one, a specific one.
293 posted on
01/19/2005 4:16:41 PM PST by
balrog666
(A myth by any other name is still inane.)
To: balrog666
Atheism is a belief system, a "religion". Just to quibble, I would call it a lack of one, a specific one.
Just to quibble, myself, I'd say atheism is a belief system that there is no deity. Agnosticism would be lack of belief.
295 posted on
01/19/2005 4:20:29 PM PST by
Celtjew Libertarian
(Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
To: balrog666
Actually, atheism isn't a religion or lack of one. It's a lack of theism. As there are non-theistic religions (such as Buddhism), atheism cannot be accurately termed an abscence of religion.
303 posted on
01/19/2005 5:13:41 PM PST by
Dimensio
(http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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