Message from @ETBrooD
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Id agree with boomer's sentiment here, its perfectly possible to be an atheist and also adhere to a religion( hell, id argue you can be, for example, a functional Christian priest and also a closeted atheist) . vice versa, its possible to believe in a god (or gods) and not be part of a religion.
Religion is weird like that
But hey, Pagans VS. Christians is entertaining as all hell, especially when you throw atheists in the mix
Related to last night's topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ava1LtqHOlU
The discussion where I *agreed with you* that posting vids instead of making an argument is a shit tactic?
@Αγωνιζῆς An atheist can participate in religious rituals/symbolism, but cannot be religious.
why not though?, there are religions that do not feature gods and even if they do, not believing in them does not exclude one from supporting the religion or being a religious person in that capacity
All religions have a god
It doesn't always go by the name of "God", but the meaning of their god is practically the same
`All religions have a god `
since there are religions that do not have or need gods I'd say that that statement is wrong
`It doesn't always go by the name of "God", but the meaning of their god is practically the same`
then we disagree on what a 'god' is😄
Chad Agnosticism
Religions by definition have a god or gods
And this is exactly why this nonsense started that "atheists can be religious", no they can't
Atheism is the religion of unbelief
Because one day complete morons started entering the theist/atheist debate, they muddied the waters about what "god" is, and then boom you have people claiming atheist religions exist
Ironically (contrary to what whiic claimed) I'm the guy who's arguing in favor of "fewer genders" so to speak.
It only means that religious atheists are confused, they don't understand their own ideas
For example, the Greek gods, the Roman gods, or the Hindu gods
Those are not all-powerful, or all-good, or all-knowing, or all-present
Not a single one of them is
Yet they're considered gods
Why is that? Because what makes something or someone a god is the supernatural (i.e. above nature)
Basically as long as it's above nature, it's supernatural, and then it can be god or god-like
It doesn't mean that it must be at the very top of the god-like existence
So there's a wide spectrum of "god" forms
And this is when people started to realize that they needed more accurate ways to describe religion
A definition that covers the whole spectrum of all gods and god-like beings
> A definition that covers the whole spectrum of all gods and god-like beings
There's only two genders.
Yes, that's my whole point
God, or not god
There's only god/god-like, or not god/not god-like
And atheistic religions have no god
Atheists by definition do not have a religion
Hello autism
No, they have no god, by definition
you fucking autist