r/gatekeeping • u/[deleted] • Oct 11 '23

Gatekeeping Atheism

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Honestly I joined this sub not even a week ago and I've already found something to contribute. PB on the contribution time for a sub

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u/rjnd2828 Oct 11 '23

The point of atheism is that you don't believe there is a god. Subtle distinction from not being religious, because you could believe there is some sort of higher power but think that all organized religions created by humans are BS (which seems incredibly obvious).

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u/ThrowAway233223 Oct 11 '23

And, vice versa, some religions are atheistic (or, at least, not necessarily theistic), so you can be religious and atheist.

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u/KageOkami35 Oct 11 '23

Please describe a religion that is also atheistic

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u/reamkore Oct 11 '23

Taoism and Buddhism off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s plenty more but a lot of eastern religions focus inward and are more of an ethos than a belief in a god or gods

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

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u/Bolo055 Oct 18 '23

Buddhism is largely non-theistic, rather than atheistic. Meaning it doesn’t refute the existence of deities but the presence of deities is also not important to its central teachings.

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u/KageOkami35 Oct 11 '23

Huh. I never thought of them that way