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Quote by: Galaxar  Excuse me, but I was talking specifically about people who self-identify as atheists. I'm rather skeptical there could be very many such people who also believe in a "spirit or life force." And if there truly is no "dogma," idea or doctrine commonly held among atheists, then there is little point in speaking of a category of people called atheists.
It simply isn't reasonable to speak of someone who believes in a "spirit or life force" as an atheist. When someone does, the nasty suspicion arises that he is trying to "win by definition," i.e. arbitrarily redefining terms to suit himself.
Do you really find this sort of endless nitpicking and quibbling interesting? I find it a waste of time. |
Atheism really is the greatest copout in any debate
You don't have to claim any stance, set of rules, or guidelines, its whatever your personal see as a reasonable objective person. If an atheist going out and kills people it doesn't say anything about other atheists. That kinda of attitude is only reserved for theists since the acts of one has a clear impact on the rest.