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kitler53 on 25 August 2011
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sapphi_snake said:
kitler53 said:

analogy time.  xD

a "white" child grows up in a community of mixed heritages.  this child interactes with, becomes friends with, and generally ejoys the company of other children of various racial backgrounds.  this child could be classified as "not racist".

another "white" child grows up in an all white community with all white family, friends, and neighboors.  thus, due to ignorance of the existence of other racial backgounds, habors no feeling of hatred or discomport towards other racial backgrounds.  does this mean the child can be classified as "not racist"?  

imo, no.  if the second child was placed in a room with a black child the white child could either be comfortable or uncomfortable.  without the challenge no outcome can really be decided upon.

some athiests will be more committed then others in the same way that some christians will be more committed then others.  my objection is many of the so-called athiest i've met are actually people who's parents never took them to any sort of a religious institution in any form and literally never gave any such concept any thought.  that does not challenge their mind and does not mean they are really athiests.  most of the "i found religion late" stories i've ever heard generally start as "I was exposed to religion for the first time when ...".

I agree with your last paragraph, especially with the underlined. Atheism isn't a religion though.

fundamentaly, that last paragraph you agree with is why  i think athiesism should be considered a religion and seperate from the non-religous; but i will meet you half way and agree that in the public right now athiesism is not considered a religion.  that's a view i hope to help change in my own little way.