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And you'll replace Christianity with what? Another religion? Atheism? Other religions have the same problems and Atheism is its own religion - requires faith to

And you'll replace Christianity with what? Another religion? Atheism? Other religions have the same problems and Atheism is its own religion - requires faith to believe. Humans are religious beings... you won't get rid of it by only focusing on the negative aspects of your own experiences.

ben_w 6y ago
> Atheism is its own religion - requires faith to believe. Atheism is two (or more) different things. It is both the active belief in the non-existence of any God, and also the passive lack of any belief in any God. It’s not like I have to have active faith in the non-existence of Quetzalcoatl to have no interest in worshiping that deity. And I’m saying this as someone who went from Catholicism via Wicca to something in the general area of Apatheism or Ignosticism.
- brohee 6y ago
  > It is both the active belief in the non-existence of any God, and also the passive lack of any belief in any God. The second one would be agnosticism.
  - heinrich5991 6y ago
    > Atheism is, in the broadest sense, an absence of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2][3][4] Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist.[5][6] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atheism&oldid=969416710 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atheism&oldid=969...
  - ben_w 6y ago
    Agnosticism is that the existence or non-existence is unknowable, which is related but not quite the same, hence me specifying “Apatheism or Ignosticism” rather than Ietsism or Agnostic atheism.
john4534243 6y ago
> And you'll replace Christianity with what? Another religion? Atheism? Religion is a disease like cancer and aids. You dont replace it with another disease. Atheism is the cure.
- dang 6y ago
  Religious flamewar is not allowed on HN. Please don't post like this again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ben_w 6y ago

> Atheism is its own religion - requires faith to believe. Atheism is two (or more) different things. It is both the active belief in the non-existence of any God, and also the passive lack of any belief in any God. It’s not like I have to have active faith in the non-existence of Quetzalcoatl to have no interest in worshiping that deity. And I’m saying this as someone who went from Catholicism via Wicca to something in the general area of Apatheism or Ignosticism.

brohee 6y ago
> It is both the active belief in the non-existence of any God, and also the passive lack of any belief in any God. The second one would be agnosticism.
- heinrich5991 6y ago
  > Atheism is, in the broadest sense, an absence of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2][3][4] Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist.[5][6] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atheism&oldid=969416710 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atheism&oldid=969...
- ben_w 6y ago
  Agnosticism is that the existence or non-existence is unknowable, which is related but not quite the same, hence me specifying “Apatheism or Ignosticism” rather than Ietsism or Agnostic atheism.

john4534243 6y ago

> And you'll replace Christianity with what? Another religion? Atheism? Religion is a disease like cancer and aids. You dont replace it with another disease. Atheism is the cure.

dang 6y ago
Religious flamewar is not allowed on HN. Please don't post like this again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html