Did I say that? I'm too lazy to look at all my posts in this thread, but if I did (by some accident), I'm sorry about that.GamerKT said:Excuse me, but atheism is not a religion.
It appears that Skyrim binge + Work + Caffine does strange things to my brain. Ill fix it now thanks.Fluke said:I'm guessing you meant "stigma" there - an atheist with stigmata might result in a convertEd130 said:It's really quite complex, involving the stigmata of being non-religious in an increasingly secular world
If you called atheism a religious population, yes. I was mostly referring to other people, though.I Have No Idea said:Did I say that? I'm too lazy to look at all my posts in this thread, but if I did (by some accident), I'm sorry about that.GamerKT said:Excuse me, but atheism is not a religion.
I get what you're saying (sort of, you kinda come across as very yelly), but that makes you no better than those few religious zealots, does it not? If you wanted religious people to stop talking about your atheism, and then you come onto the Internet and tear down anyone of faith, then you're the same side of that destructive coin.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:snip
I don't recall ever doing so, so phew. I know these subjects are touchy, and the last thing I want to do is piss somebody off.GamerKT said:If you called atheism a religious population, yes. I was mostly referring to other people, though.
I think you're slightly confused about the terminology here. Atheist means someone who purposefully believes that God/a god/gods DON'T exist. Whereas what your talking about is more of agnostic, where you just haven't given thought to it and don't care whether there is or isn't.Continuity said:Ah well when I say atheist I basically mean not Christian (other other minority faith). A secular person who hasn't really thought about it one way or the other I would classify as atheist. You dont have to do anything or believe anything to be an atheist, you just have to refrain from actively believing in God.BrotherRool said:I've got to disagree with the numbers, although I can't find any numbers that aren't highly subjective.Continuity said:99% of people are atheist therefore 99% of internet users are atheist. Its really not that surprising.
Also it depends where you look, Christians for example are more into prayer and bible study than computer games as a rule so you'd be better off looking on a Christian forum if you wanted to find Christians. Just a thought.
At Uni, the Christian Union is 400ish + people, CathSoc is 100ish people and Rock Solid (Christians from Asia) must be about 100 ish too. And then we have Jainism, Islam, Buddhism etc... By comparison the Secular Society is tiny.
But those are terrible examples because christianity stresses a strong bond on community and togetherness whereas with atheists, it's just other cool like-minded people to hang out with.
Looking at my friend network is terrible too because I just randomly ended up being friends with a lot of christians and church life and not liking going out and getting smashed quite firmly pushed me into social networks full of christians.
However just from what I feel, most people are meet just don't care either way. They haven't really thought about it and when pushed they hazily say they're on one side without actually having much conviction. One friend says she's probably call herself christian, but she admits that's just because she associates that with being British, kinda and others say agnostic/atheist etc in the same way. My brother says he doesn't believe in God but he could imagine things happening to him in the army that would change that.
So I figure 99% of people aren't either .25% of people are 'militant' atheist as in involved with the atheist community, strong in their belief and the sort to share funny photos over the internet and .75% are religious.
(Silly numbers but I hope it conveys the idea)
As for "militant atheists", well these people form a subset of convicted and vocal atheists, however I don't think you need to be in anyway convicted or vocal to be atheist.
Don't worry; you didn't piss me off. Just clarifying a common misconception. We're good.I Have No Idea said:I get what you're saying (sort of, you kinda come across as very yelly), but that makes you no better than those few religious zealots, does it not? If you wanted religious people to stop talking about your atheism, and then you come onto the Internet and tear down anyone of faith, then you're the same side of that destructive coin.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:snip
I don't recall ever doing so, so phew. I know these subjects are touchy, and the last thing I want to do is piss somebody off.GamerKT said:If you called atheism a religious population, yes. I was mostly referring to other people, though.
Sorry, but "logically" is not the opposite of "spiritually", and the vast numbers of idiotic comments across the internet which jump to ridiculous conclusions from, well, practically anything inconclusive, should totally dispel the idea that the "average" person on the internet has a good grasp of logic.theonecookie said:I think its got something to do with you average internet user being more logicly inclined rather than spiritually inclined
Although that is changing every day it was just that more atheists picked it up sooner , that and the internet allows you to freely form an opinion rather than having one shoved down your throat