Posting the definition you choose, or should I say believe, for the word is obnoxious and meaningless, puting it in bold is just sad. Especially the way that one is written.
You think your definition is enough to change what someone believes a word to mean? I believe you are mistaken
Does the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy help?
The word “atheism” is polysemous—it has multiple related meanings. In the psychological sense of the word, atheism is a psychological state, specifically the state of being an atheist, where an atheist is defined as someone who is not a theist and a theist is defined as someone who believes that God exists (or that there are gods). This generates the following definition: atheism is the psychological state of lacking the belief that God exists.
People in China aren’t walking around pulling down angels and dragons and replacing them with bunsen burners because there is nothing in “lacking a belief in god” that compels you to do so, there’s no quran and no bible, nor will there ever be, because atheism isn’t a belief or religious system, there’s no worshipping of supernatural beings
Yep got it, I don’t like it because people are literally confused and think Atheism is a belief system (as seen in the replies further down) and the wording doesn’t help that, but in terms of pedantry you win 😅
It’s pretty clear what he means
Wasn’t this the pedantry chain?
I mean calling atheism a belief system of any kind is like calling not collecting stamps a hobby, it doesn’t make sense
But they didn’t do that, just like I didn’t call a pig a feline.
It’s not important though, and this isn’t the pedantry thread, so I’ll drop it.
thanks, I’ll consult NOT AI, I USED YOUR FAVOURITE MORALLY CORRECT WAY to see the error in my ways because I’m now more confused 🥲
edit: ok I understand now, you win this round!
Thanks to @cryptiod137@lemmy.world for the downvote, ya weirdo
You took that personally I guess but I’m the weirdo?
Atheism is any sense is a belief system, the above poster fell deeply into a particular variety of it
I don’t know if your comment about AI was sarcasm but I assure you it’s not going to help
Atheism is not a belief system because it has no beliefs
> Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods, that’s it, nothing more, nothing less.
Replacing angels with bunsen burners and some sort of weird hyperactive form of rationalism is not atheism
Atheism is the belief in the lack of gods or God
That’s the only definition that has ever mattered
Posting the definition you choose, or should I say believe, for the word is obnoxious and meaningless, puting it in bold is just sad. Especially the way that one is written.
You think your definition is enough to change what someone believes a word to mean? I believe you are mistaken
Does the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy help?
The word “atheism” is polysemous—it has multiple related meanings. In the psychological sense of the word, atheism is a psychological state, specifically the state of being an atheist, where an atheist is defined as someone who is not a theist and a theist is defined as someone who believes that God exists (or that there are gods). This generates the following definition: atheism is the psychological state of lacking the belief that God exists.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/#DefiAthe
People in China aren’t walking around pulling down angels and dragons and replacing them with bunsen burners because there is nothing in “lacking a belief in god” that compels you to do so, there’s no quran and no bible, nor will there ever be, because atheism isn’t a belief or religious system, there’s no worshipping of supernatural beings
Oh, sorry. I can explain what I meant.
-doesn’t imply Earth is a star, it’s just comparing it to all stars. If I said “like all other stars,” I would be calling earth a fellow star.
Yep got it, I don’t like it because people are literally confused and think Atheism is a belief system (as seen in the replies further down) and the wording doesn’t help that, but in terms of pedantry you win 😅
You get downvoted because you need to consult AI
Ahhhh I forgot where I was for a second
No it wouldn’t? How can a web search cover a conversation I’m having with OP?
But anyway I’ve updated it now
I like your edit.
❤️