Please excuse any condescending tone. I just enjoy a chat.
So you knew that your post would be seen as condescending, but instead of finding a way to express yourself without being condescending, you chose to ask for forgiveness ahead of time, therefore allowing yourself to be insulting. Interesting.
I sincerely doubt that the reason for your posts here is because you "just enjoy a chat".
Atheism is not the antithesis of religion.
Antithesis: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
theism: belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.
The prefix "a" means "not" or "without". It doesn't mean against.
So atheism means one who is without a belief in the existence of a god/gods. Not one who is against the belief in the existence of a god/gods.
Are there atheists who are against religion? Sure. But not all are. Do all religious people, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, etc...have all the same opinions or beliefs that you do?
The only thing that all atheists have in common is a lack of a belief in god/gods. There is no handbook listing the do's and do not's of Atheism. There is no list of rules that one must adhere to in order to be considered a "true" atheist.
There is certainly a large percentage of atheists who tend to hold similar opinions about certain topics (e.g. the Big Bang Theory, or evolution, the afterlife, etc...), but that doesn't mean that those opinions are universal or necessary in order to be an atheist.
Anyway, your claims here are proven wrong simply by the very fact that u/solarsavior is an atheist, and has stated quite clearly:
I don’t want anyone to be an atheist. I don’t want to talk ANYONE into being an atheist. I have no desire whatsoever to “remove God from everything”
I am 100% confident that he/she knows what they think better than you do.
Please excuse any condescending tone. I just enjoy a chat.
So you knew that your post would be seen as condescending, but instead of finding a way to express yourself without being condescending, you chose to ask for forgiveness ahead of time, therefore allowing yourself to be insulting. Interesting.
I sincerely doubt that the reason for your posts here is because you "just enjoy a chat".
Atheism is not the antithesis of religion.
Antithesis: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
theism: belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.
The prefix "a" means "not" or "without". It doesn't mean against.
So atheism means one who is without a belief in the existence of a god/gods. Not one who is against the belief of a god/gods.
Are there atheists who are against religion? Sure. But not all are. Do all religious people, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, etc...have all the same opinions or beliefs that you do?
The only thing that all atheists have in common is a lack of a belief in god/gods. There is no handbook listing the do's and do not's of Atheism. There is no list of rules that one must adhere to in order to be considered a "true" atheist.
There is certainly a large percentage of atheists who tend to hold similar opinions about certain topics (e.g. the Big Bang Theory, or evolution, the afterlife, etc...), but that doesn't mean that those opinions are universal or necessary in order to be an atheist.
Anyway, your claims here are proven wrong simply by the very fact that u/solarsavior is an atheist, and has stated quite clearly:
I don’t want anyone to be an atheist. I don’t want to talk ANYONE into being an atheist. I have no desire whatsoever to “remove God from everything”
I am 100% confident that he/she knows what they think better than you do.
Please excuse any condescending tone. I just enjoy a chat.
So you knew that your post would be seen as condescending, but instead of finding a way to express yourself without being condescending, you chose to ask for forgiveness ahead of time, therefore allowing yourself to be insulting. Interesting.
I sincerely doubt that the reason for your posts here is because you "just enjoy a chat".
Atheism is not the antithesis of religion.
Antithesis: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
theism belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.
The prefix "a" means "not" or "without". It doesn't mean against.
So atheism means one who is without a belief in the existence of a god/gods. Not one who is against the belief of a god/gods.
Are there atheists who are against religion? Sure. But not all are. Do all religious people, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, etc...have all the same opinions or beliefs that you do?
The only thing that all atheists have in common is a lack of a belief in god/gods. There is no handbook listing the do's and do not's of Atheism. There is no list of rules that one must adhere to in order to be considered a "true" atheist.
There is certainly a large percentage of atheists who tend to hold similar opinions about certain topics (e.g. the Big Bang Theory, or evolution, the afterlife, etc...), but that doesn't mean that those opinions are universal or necessary in order to be an atheist.
Anyway, your claims here are proven wrong simply by the very fact that u/solarsavior is an atheist, and has stated quite clearly:
I don’t want anyone to be an atheist. I don’t want to talk ANYONE into being an atheist. I have no desire whatsoever to “remove God from everything”
I am 100% confident that he/she knows what they think better than you do.