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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (15693)6/5/2001 11:34:59 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
The recent discussion has made me realize something about atheism. It is defined entirely in terms of negative. Atheism itself offers nothing positive. Atheists, of course, may have other positive beliefs. But atheism itself is purely negative, purely anti. Nothing positive, no desire for or focus on anything good, no constructive values. Just anti.

IMO, that's a very sad thing to believe in. Most beliefs can be cast in either negative or positive terms -- for example, you don't just have to be against racism, you can be for and support and work toward racial harmony. But atheism offers nothing positive; it is defined entirely in opposition to or the absence of religious belief

Hardly surprising, then, that I see many atheists tending to see many other aspects of the world primarily in neative terms.
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