is atheism a belief system.
after all the atheist believes there is no god .so if that's the case then an atheist if a person of faith.
they have faith in the fact there is no god.
Atheist: An individual that finds insufficient evidence for the thousands of gods purportedly in existence based on the claims of their adherents. NOT a belief system.
You're right, that would only be one belief in an individual atheist's personal belief system.
is atheism a belief system.
after all the atheist believes there is no god .so if that's the case then an atheist if a person of faith.
they have faith in the fact there is no god.
So basically, a belief system is not religion. It can involve a set of commonly held beliefs in a group or community. It could be a science community or an online community. There are online communities of atheists and they do share common beliefs and tenets.
: a feeling of being sure that someone or something exists or that something is true
Everyone who can think has a system of beliefs.
is atheism a belief system.
after all the atheist believes there is no god .so if that's the case then an atheist if a person of faith.
they have faith in the fact there is no god.
| Main Entry: | belief system |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | faith based on a series of beliefs but not formalized into a religion; also, a fixed coherent set of beliefs prevalent in a community or society |
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/belief+system
A community could be a group of atheists. There are groups of atheists. There on line communities. We don't have to be theists to have a belief system. A belief system is not synonymous with religion.
hay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).
so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.
my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).
Yes FlyingHighNow,
My Wife is the love of my life. We got married young (as you do you know) But she has supported my fade as I support here stay. I respect her so much. She truly loves Jehovah in her way & she truly believes so, I must support her in her faith even if a hate the organization with a passion. We focus on what we can share together & bend & compromise on what we can't. (she's to good to loose you know.)
I'm so glad that she is supportive of you and that you love each so much, it warms my heart.
this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.
Aww, Lisa.
this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.
Mini, I sent you a PM.
People who don't use reusable shopping bags.
I use the shopping bags I get for other things such as trash can liners, suit cases, brief cases, for wet swimsuits, etc. I also have a big reusable bag.
on the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.
or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.
in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
Today, I think I'd like to go back to school for two things: to improve my artistic skills and to learn about anthropology and/or sociology. Maybe a duel major. I'd love to travel the country with a camper and work in the summers at the national parks and possibly to end up working in a museum. I'd still like to do my magazine, but maybe do it on line.
on the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.
or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.
in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
I wanted to go into a creative field and almost do go to school for commerical art. I would have liked to run a magazine for girls and young women, not like the typical ones and started programs to help girls make good decisions and to help them figure out how to value themselves and to plan well for their lives to achieve their dreams. I wanted a life filled with creativity and to help make the world a better place. I wanted to eventually find a mate that I got along well with that had similar goals and to plan a good life for future children. If I had children, I wanted their lives to have quality, love, fun, adventure and good direction.
I used to design the houses I wanted to live in and imagine what my life would be like, when I was still in elementary school. I wanted for there to be music and laughter in my home. I had lots of details worked out.
I've got possibly 35 years left until I'm 90. I'm trying to start a new chapter. I'm working on what I want for it to be like.
hay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).
so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.
my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).
Welcome, Phats. I love your description of the scenario. I can picture it all.
is atheism a belief system.
after all the atheist believes there is no god .so if that's the case then an atheist if a person of faith.
they have faith in the fact there is no god.
After reading NavyTown's comment. Maybe belief system isn't a good way to put it. Maybe you meant to say that believing there is no god is a belief. If you add in that a person who believes there is no god, usually has alternate views of how the material universe got here, how life began, how the living things we see today came to be as they are, what counts as ethical, what happens at death, then I guess you could say it is the person's system of beliefs. I don't take it that you meant it's necessarily a religious system of beliefs.
