17 Aug '15 17:00>
Why have i unwittingly allowed myself to be labelled as an atheist?
When my 'atheism' is just a rejection of what somebody else believes. Giving this 'rejection' a name just leads to confusion, with some Christians thinking my 'atheism' is providing an alternative, and so therefore must influence my outlook on life, and might even be a belief system or religion in itself.
Why should a rejection of something be anything other than a rejection? Why does it need a name? Why am i defined by my non-acceptance of what somebody else believes?
By going along with the 'atheist' label it could be perceived that i give more importance to my rejection of religion than i do my rejection of ghosts or gremlins. Why is it that the rejection of God delivers me a label, but the rejection of gremlins doesn't?
Am also unhappy about the assumption that as an 'atheist' i must think life has no purpose, which is not at all what i think. (Perhaps i'll save that grumble for another time).
When my 'atheism' is just a rejection of what somebody else believes. Giving this 'rejection' a name just leads to confusion, with some Christians thinking my 'atheism' is providing an alternative, and so therefore must influence my outlook on life, and might even be a belief system or religion in itself.
Why should a rejection of something be anything other than a rejection? Why does it need a name? Why am i defined by my non-acceptance of what somebody else believes?
By going along with the 'atheist' label it could be perceived that i give more importance to my rejection of religion than i do my rejection of ghosts or gremlins. Why is it that the rejection of God delivers me a label, but the rejection of gremlins doesn't?
Am also unhappy about the assumption that as an 'atheist' i must think life has no purpose, which is not at all what i think. (Perhaps i'll save that grumble for another time).