Ricky Gervais explaining how he became an Atheist

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highwaystar101 said:

tombi123 said:

highwaystar101 said:
I agree with mr.stickball. I think it would be fair to say that any formal group of people with the same religious theology (or lack of it) could be called a religion.

At the end of the day, if someone asked me my religion I would not say none, I would say Atheist. I'm sure many atheists would

 

I would say none. The word 'atheist' shouldn't even exist. There isn't a word for people who don't believe in Santa Claus or Harry Potter.

Apart from a dis-belief in God, can you tell me one rule/moral code that all 'atheist' follow?

With regards to your first point. I don't think that atheism is a term for not believing in anything, it is a term for a theism (or lack of it) viewpoint. Also, I think I would still refer to myself as Atheist and I know many people on these forums have stated they are atheist as opposed to no religious preference

On your second point. I would say one rule that we atheists would follow, would be to believe that which can be proven. This explains why most of us trust science and not something said in a very old book. There are of course many other less significant rules, but that is the main one I present.

 

 

But 'atheists' don't HAVE to trust science. Jews aren't allowed to eat pork, Christians have to go to church on sundays. Atheists don't follow a set of beliefs or have a book to follow.