Am 19.01.2014 09:29, schrieb Warp:

> It seems to be a lost battle to try to explain to people that "atheism"
> is not a movement, a world view, a set of dogmas, or anything, really.
...
> I'd even go so far as to say that theism isn't a world view either,
> and for the exact same reason: It deals with the same question and does
> not imply anything else beyond that.

While you have a point there, you're wrong in your conclusion.

Theism /is/ a world view: The view that there is a supreme being (or a 
multitude thereof); and this assumption /is/ typically held as a dogma.

Similarly, atheism /is/ a world view: The view that there is /no/ 
supreme being; and this assumption /is/ frequently held as a dogma as well.


If you ask me, the only entirely rational stance towards a supreme being 
is that of an /agnostic/ - a person that neither asserts nor denies the 
existence of a supreme being, and rather comes to the conclusion that we 
simply can't know for sure.

Such a person may still lean towards theism or atheism - believing in 
the existence or absence of a supreme being based on "gut feeling" - but 
either way they won't carry this belief as a dogma.


It should be noted that in common parlance the atheist and agnostic 
views are often poorly distinguished, with both being labeled as "atheist".

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