• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Like all belief systems ≠ like all other belief systems

    “Pigs, like all felines, are chordates,” is a perfectly valid sentence that doesn’t imply that pigs are felines.

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          21 days ago

          I mean calling atheism a belief system of any kind is like calling not collecting stamps a hobby, it doesn’t make sense

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            21 days ago

            But they didn’t do that, just like I didn’t call a pig a feline.

            It’s not important though, and this isn’t the pedantry thread, so I’ll drop it.

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              21 days ago

              thanks, I’ll consult NOT AI, I USED YOUR FAVOURITE MORALLY CORRECT WAY to see the error in my ways because I’m now more confused 🥲

              edit: ok I understand now, you win this round!

              Thanks to @cryptiod137@lemmy.world for the downvote, ya weirdo

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                21 days ago

                You took that personally I guess but I’m the weirdo?

                Atheism is any sense is a belief system, the above poster fell deeply into a particular variety of it

                I don’t know if your comment about AI was sarcasm but I assure you it’s not going to help

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                  21 days ago

                  Atheism is not a belief system because it has no beliefs

                  > Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods, that’s it, nothing more, nothing less.

                  Replacing angels with bunsen burners and some sort of weird hyperactive form of rationalism is not atheism

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                    21 days ago

                    Atheism is the belief in the lack of gods or God

                    That’s the only definition that has ever mattered

                    Posting the definition you choose, or should I say believe, for the word is obnoxious and meaningless, puting it in bold is just sad. Especially the way that one is written.

                    You think your definition is enough to change what someone believes a word to mean? I believe you are mistaken