Armads said:
rocketpig said:
I don't buy into this at all. I think there are plenty of characters who may be atheists in the writer's head but just don't bother delving into that portion of the character because, well, atheism is BORING. It doesn't make for a good story.
Religious undertones are fun because there's so much meat there to wrangle around into a fully-developed character. After all, most religious stories are interwoven with strong morality tales, quests for knowledge, and all the juicy stuff that makes a story interesting.
Atheism just doesn't provide that kind of material.
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Atheists usually follow some form of philosophy since atheism itself is a singular belief, belief that there is no god. It must be accompanied by other beliefs. This actually allows atheist characters to have much more depth in their beliefs than christian characters. So no it has nothing to do with how interesting atheism is.
Consider this, there is an atheist sect of Judaism and christianity, there are buddhist atheists, there are atheists who simply follow rational explanations and don't attempt to guess beyond that and more belief systems that fit well with atheism.
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There is no such thing as a Jewish atheist, Christian atheist, Muslim atheist etc. Atheism is atheism, the lack of belief in a God or other divine entity and it is not a homogenous group with the same ideology and conviction and neither does it matter which stem of belief (or even several systems) their peers belong to. I honestly don't know where people get these ideas, atheists are viewed as a religious group or as a belief system, both are wrong. Besides the shared belief that there is no God or divine entity, atheists come in all shapes and forms and with all kinds of belief, conviction and ideologies.
