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Atheism is a very strong stance. Consider that not everybody needs to think in such absolutes.
by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Atheism is a very strong stance. Consider that not everybody needs to think in such absolutes.
- thatguy0900 6y agoBut a religion is a very absolute thing, is it not? Do religions say you are free to ignore some of what the book says if it doesn't fit current social values, or does it say you have to do all of it?
- mdifrgechd 6y ago> Do religions say you are free to ignore some of what the book says if it doesn't fit current social values, or does it say you have to do all of it? Yes, sure. Religion is super personal, it doesn't automatically mean you believe every word of a text. There may be some that demand that, but it's a broad spectrum that definitely admits looser interpretations.
- thatguy0900 6y agoI just have trouble believing that's not a modern interpretation to allow current human rights oriented social ideas to mix with religion, but I'll admit I have no particular knowledge of historical religious interpretation
- 1over137 6y agoAtheism is not a strong stance. I think maybe you think atheists believe with certainty there is no god. Some surely do, but most merely believe there's no evidence and it's therefore super-unlikely. Even Dawkins put himself at 6.9 of 7 on his scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability#Dawkins'_formulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probabili...