The rise of atheism in America

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by wdavidturner • 14 years ago

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jshintaku3• 14 years ago

I think the cultural shift of younger religious folks towards tolerance and liberalism is more a testament to the values of humans changing religion to serve their needs as opposed to a divine creator dictating aprior moral tenants that never change. I think the US is going through more of a cultural shift brought on by the 1960/70s than a fundamental belief/disbelief in creation/evolution.

Does anyone else find it curious that Atheists who disavow organized beliefs end up codifying their own belief system into organizations such as the "insert atheist group here" which act as defacto church for nonbelievers. I am still waiting for Nietzsche's superman to deliver a new morality for the end of the Christian epoch. I guess I will have to wait a while for that to happen...

iamdave2• 14 years ago

Does anyone else find it curious that Atheists who disavow organized beliefs end up codifying their own belief system into organizations such as the "insert atheist group here"

No, because atheists don't disavow belief systems, just one that requires you accept a belief in a higher being/God character. I consistently see this thought pattern and it makes me wish people went into a deeper inquiry of atheism than by just jumping on the popular rejectionist stance. Atheists are not nihilists.

jshintaku3• 14 years ago

Look that is fine. But part of the article states that there is no basis for morality outside of a higher power. If there is no moral authority higher than humans then on what grounds do you begin to build a belief system. It will just degenerate into one man's opinion against another which is the foundation of the master/slave morality. Or do you believe in some apriori rationality that preceded the universe that man has unique capabilities to discover. That might lead you into the domain of a higher power or some form of deism. Your thoughts?

The rise of atheism in America

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