[thechat] Religious dependance

deke web at master.gen.in.us
Fri Jan 17 05:36:01 CST 2003


On 17 Jan 2003 at 12:09, Madhu Menon posted a message which said:
> The only difference is that atheism is not a "religion" or a "movement"
> and has no "teachings". Stalin, nutcase that he was, wasn't disobeying
> the "Atheist Book of Principles" when he did all that he did.

Yeah, right.

Sorta like those who claim they have a "non-denominational christian
churches". In other words, either you buy their brand of salvation or
else you're not a christian.

Atheism is a belief system. That is the definition of a religion.
It is based in the doctrine that there is no god or gods. That is  a
teaching.

Whether it's a movement or not depends on whether you are sitting on
the Group W bench, playing with the pencils.

deke


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