VGC Atheists,Whats your reason?

[zarx]

snakenobi said:

zarx said:

snakenobi said:

zarx said:

snakenobi said:

zarx said:
Because I think society and the government impose more than enough rules and regulations, I see no need to seek out more.

thats what they want you to become weak and give up

 

all religons do not impose rules.

 

panthiesim is like athiesm but you don't feel weak

What? They who?

And I don't feel weak and I don't need to belong some religious group to make me feel better about myself, that is for weak people who can't stand on their own. Being an Athiest doesn't make you feel weak.

it will in the future

and panthiesm isn't about belonging to any group

I would still like you to explain this "thats what they want you to become weak and give up" who is "they"?

the same people you were talking about soceity,government and soceity's religious rules

And I don't see how not beleving in any spiritual or mystical beings or a inteligent creator of the universe and not assosiating myself with a religion will ever make me feel weak.

cause relgion and GOD aren't the same thing.

pantheism is what you mean,most scientist are pantheist

buddhism has no deities

it will make you weak as one day you will kinda feel the world doesn't make sense andyou live or die doesn't make sense

As for panthiesm it's just athiesim/humanisim with an element of nature worship, sorry I just don't see the point of worshiping nature.

when did pantheism become nature worship?

True it describes the most powerful and fundemental forces in the universe but worshiping it isn't going to change shit,

you don't worship anybody in pantheism

if you want to do something then go actually do something about it like volunteer to pick up trash or plant a tree.

yes i do what i want to do

My government doesn't want to make me weak and give up, quite the oposite in fact.

as for Pantheism 

 

"The basic concepts of Pantheism comprise:

Reverence for Nature and the wider Universe.

Active respect and care for the rights of all humans and other living beings.

Celebration or our lives in our bodies on this beautiful earth as a joy and a privilege.

Realism - acceptance that the external world exists independently of human consciousness or perception.

Strong naturalism, without belief in supernatural realms, afterlives, beings or forces.

Respect for reason, evidence and the scientific method as our best ways of understanding nature and the Universe.

Promotion of religious tolerance, freedom of religion and complete separation of state and religion."

 

 

Everything else is basically humanisim which is not a religion, hell Panthiesim is barely a religion it's self.

Religion defined for clarity as 

 

1. A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

2. A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion.

And the world does make sense it's all cause and effect, it's not fair or ordered and full of things that we have no control of. That in no way makes me weak and I don't see how it would. And I especially don't see how identifying myself as a Panthiest would change that or make me weaker or stronger.

Only a weak person would feel then need for religion to feel strong.