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the atheist religion and it's superior to the God religions.' morals.
Believers in the mainstream god religions often denigrate and discriminate
against atheists, non-believers and rival religions on moral grounds. Godless
mean without a moral sense to them.
I seek a solution to this problem, as the godless, statistically speaking, seem
more moral, law abiding and peaceful than traditional mainstream religious
believers who, ironically, claim a superior moral position, while having an
inferior one. Statistics are quite clear on this.
As a Gnostic Christian, I get it from both sides. From believers who see me as
an atheist and from atheists who see me as a believer. Both sides are wrong,
given that Gnostic Christians are esoteric ecumenist and free-thinking
naturalist, --- who hold no supernatural beliefs, --- regardless of the lies
put into history by the inquisitors who decimated us, --- but never annihilated
us. We are a religion of perpetual seekers of knowledge and wisdom, who raise
the bar of excellence whenever we think we have the best ideological position.
This prevents the idol worshiping of the immoral gods, that the mainstream
religions are prone to follow. This makes Gnostic Christianity a superior
ideology. Perhaps this open-mindedness explains the hate towards us from god
believers, as well as towards atheists and other non-believers that believers
target.
Solutions to this endless denigration and discrimination are hard to come by,
given that governments are not promoting any kind of dialog between the various
religions and non-believers and allow religions to continue promoting vile
homophobic and misogynous teachings.
To my way of thinking, be you following a theology and named god, a philosophy
of a named philosopher, a religion that puts man above god and focuses on
knowledge and wisdom like mine, a political tribe like Democrats and
Republican, statism or any other thinking system, --- all groups named are
following an ideology, --- and can thus be seem and described as a religion.
It is thus proper English to call atheism a religion. In fact, given the stats,
atheism is a more moral religion than most. I am thinking that if all atheist
proudly took on the religion label, --- as their atheist churches are doing,
--- more god believing religionist would likely opt for atheism as their
religion so as to improve their moral sense.
Take your deserved bow my atheist friends. You are now second only to my own
Gnostic Christianity. We Gnostic Christian did what I advise here before the
inquisitors got to us and that may be why we were known as the only good
Christians.
Since following an
ideology is a prerequisite of religion, atheism can be considered a religion,
since atheists draws on philosophical ideologies to guide ideas, behaviors, and
actions, like that of any religion. That is why atheist churches are called
atheist churches.
Atheists Are
Sometimes More Religious Than Christians A new study shows how poorly we understand the
beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular.
Americans are deeply religious
people—and atheists are no exception. Western Europeans are deeply secular people—and Christians are
no exception.
These twin statements are generalizations, but
they capture the essence of a fascinating finding in a
new study about Christian identity in Western
Europe. By surveying almost 25,000 people in 15 countries in the region, and
comparing the results with data previously gathered in the U.S., the Pew
Research Center discovered three things.
First, researchers confirmed the widely known
fact that, overall, Americans are much more religious than Western Europeans.
They gauged religious commitment using standard questions, including “Do you
believe in God with absolute certainty?” and “Do you pray daily?”
Second, the researchers found that American
“nones”—those who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular—are
more religious than European nones. The notion that religiously unaffiliated
people can be religious at all may seem contradictory, but if you disaffiliate
from organized religion it does not necessarily mean you’ve sworn off belief in
God, say, or prayer.
The third finding reported in the study is by
far the most striking. As it turns out, “American ‘nones’ are as religious
as—or even more religious than—
Christians in several European
countries, including France, Germany, and the U.K.”
“That was a surprise,” Neha Sahgal, the lead
researcher on the study, told me. “That’s the comparison that’s fascinating to
me.” She highlighted the fact that whereas only 23 percent of European
Christians say they believe in God with absolute certainty, 27 percent of
American
nones say this.
America is a country so suffused with
faith that religious attributes abound even among the secular. Consider the
rise of “atheist
churches,” which
cater to Americans who have lost faith in supernatural deities but still crave
community, enjoy singing with others, and want to think deeply about morality.
It’s religion, minus all the God stuff. This is a phenomenon spreading across
the country, from the Seattle Atheist Church to the North Texas Church of
Freethought.
The Oasis Network, which brings together non-believers to sing
and learn every Sunday morning, has affiliates in nine U.S. cities.
Last month, almost 1,000 people streamed
into a [Atheist] church in San Francisco for an unprecedented event billed as
“Beyoncé Mass.” Most were
people of color and members of the LGBTQ community. Many were secular. They
used Queen Bey’s songs, which are replete with religious symbolism, as the
basis for a communal celebration—one that had all the trappings of a religious
service. That seemed completely fitting to some, including one reverend
who
said, “Beyoncé is a better theologian than many
of the pastors and priests in our church today.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...theists-religious-european-christians/560936/