Comment on (Religious) What would i be labeled?
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That is what I call Atheist. You don’t care if one exists or not.
Atheist like us generally get thrown in with anti-theists (people who refuse an existence of gods) and are just as bad as a fundamentalist trying to prove they are right about a god existing or not.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The classical Atheist cares. He finds it important that God does not exist.
This here is an Agnostic.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I see you fall into my second line of lumping Atheists with anti-theists.
Agnostic is you believe there is something equating to a god but don’t believe in God
AdNecrias@lemmy.pt 1 week ago
You’re capitalising God to mean some abraamic god or just whichever currently proposed god?
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Nope, he finds it important no one uses what to him is a fictional character to push laws and regulations. You would also care if people prohibited you from doing something you like to do or think is important because Superman said it was wrong.
That’s a big difference, in general atheist don’t care about God(s), they care about people trying to use God(s) to push an agenda, but the people who’re trying to use God(s) to push that agenda rarely see the difference.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I have met some, but never this special type of Atheist. Better do not think that they are all like you ;-)
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Do you find it important that Spider-Man does not exist? Do you think anyone in their right mind would find it important? No, but the moment someone starts to force you to do or not do stuff because Spider-Man thinks it’s bad it becomes important to make it clear that Spider-Man is not real.
The VAST majority of atheist are indifferent towards religion, unless that religion is trying to control them somehow. This is why you don’t see atheist complaining about Buddhism in western countries, if a religion is not trying to force itself into an atheist life he cares as much as you do about all of the thousands of other religions you’re an atheist towards. If you feel atheist are trying to impose their non-believe on you, it’s because you’re trying to impose your belief on them and they’re calling you on your bullshit.
Also, btw, I never claimed I was an atheist, so I see no reason for you to think that atheist should believe the same thing I do.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’re thinking of anti-theist.
Atheists can merely not care if there was a god because they don’t see any proof of it.
Atheism can also be more anti than that, but isn’t necessarily always that way