Panthera posted...
From: CoolCly | #152
No, it isn't pointless to say. Many people believe that Atheism is a superior mindset. Extha proved that mere posts into the topic. When you actually start believing this kind of thing, then it's not any different from believing in any religion.
Well aside from the fact that it's not a religion. So yeah it actually is different from believing in a religion!
And it's pointless because "there are some members of this group who are jerks" is a pretty empty statement since we all know it applies to every sizable group ever. It's a different issue than ones associated with religious beliefs too, since atheism by definition is not promoting that attitude (it doesn't promote any attitude, it's just a lack of belief in a deity), whereas religions tend to promote certain ideas about society in their followers, and if those ideas are harmful and oppressive, the religion itself *is* at fault for promoting them.
"This thing I believe in is better than that thing you believe in" is a viewpoint many atheists hold and it's absolutely garbage.
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