Difference between revisions of "Atheistic Style"
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There is a style common to many [[atheists]], including: | There is a style common to many [[atheists]], including: | ||
| − | # a general disbelief of | + | # a general disbelief of unseen and unquantifiable concepts, such as [[love]], intrinsic beauty, integrity and (in [[economics]]) the [[invisible hand]] |
# a belief that [[atheist]]s are smarter than those with [[faith]] | # a belief that [[atheist]]s are smarter than those with [[faith]] | ||
| + | # a belief that humans are smarter today than 100 and 1000 years ago | ||
# a view that most of science is known and understood, in contrast to [[Isaac Newton]]'s view that little is understood | # a view that most of science is known and understood, in contrast to [[Isaac Newton]]'s view that little is understood | ||
| − | + | # a disbelief of intrinsic beauty, and a belief in relativism in many forms | |
| − | # a disbelief of intrinsic beauty | ||
# a focus on [[materialism]] | # a focus on [[materialism]] | ||
| − | # a pessimistic view of life | + | # a generally pessimistic or depressed view of life |
# among scientists, a belief in never-detected [[graviton]]s, [[black holes]], [[dark matter]], [[super strings]] | # among scientists, a belief in never-detected [[graviton]]s, [[black holes]], [[dark matter]], [[super strings]] | ||
# a belief in never-detected life in outer space | # a belief in never-detected life in outer space | ||
| − | # | + | # belief in the [[Nobel Prize]], universites and newspapers as oracles of truth |
| − | # | + | # overreliance on [[hearsay]] and a perception (often wrong) of what most people think |
| + | # an insistence on censoring prayer from the classrom | ||
[[category:religion]] | [[category:religion]] | ||
Revision as of 19:34, November 23, 2007
There is a style common to many atheists, including:
- a general disbelief of unseen and unquantifiable concepts, such as love, intrinsic beauty, integrity and (in economics) the invisible hand
- a belief that atheists are smarter than those with faith
- a belief that humans are smarter today than 100 and 1000 years ago
- a view that most of science is known and understood, in contrast to Isaac Newton's view that little is understood
- a disbelief of intrinsic beauty, and a belief in relativism in many forms
- a focus on materialism
- a generally pessimistic or depressed view of life
- among scientists, a belief in never-detected gravitons, black holes, dark matter, super strings
- a belief in never-detected life in outer space
- belief in the Nobel Prize, universites and newspapers as oracles of truth
- overreliance on hearsay and a perception (often wrong) of what most people think
- an insistence on censoring prayer from the classrom