| Mummelmann said: 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. |
While I agree in principle - atheism is the singular belief that no supernatural God exists - people can call their personal religion whatever they want. If they think they can combine Christianity with atheism sincerely, then I don't think we can say they can't.
I'm not sure I like the atheist label (of course it's not so bad to have in the UK compared to the US) because it suggests a homogenous group that doesn't exist and also defines us in opposition to theism, as if we think about how-much-we-don't-believe all of the time, whereas I think most atheists don't actually think about religion much. We're more free to do other things and follow any personal philosophy.
