It also leads to progress. We had to argue that slavery was bad. That patriarchy was bad. Ideas need to be examined & critiqued.https://twitter.com/Akin_Rujomu/status/905427552264740864 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Agree but remember that Christ and Mohammed argued that the old ways were bad, before movements sprung up to spread their philosophies.
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Replying to @Akin_Rujomu
That happens a lot, yes. People say things are bad and then start movements to fix them. Civil Rights Movement is a recent example.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Akin_Rujomu
I'd really like you to pin down why atheism particularly is something that must not get as organised as religion?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
My point was Atheism is looking more like a religion, which is a contradiction in itself.
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Replying to @Akin_Rujomu @HPluckrose
Only if we exclude everything that defines religion - belief, worship, supernatural, theology, faith, dogma. Atheism looks nothing like it.
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Replying to @gnomeicide @HPluckrose
If religion is defined as above then you are right. But religion can also be defined as the pursuit of an ideology with great fervour.
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Replying to @Akin_Rujomu @HPluckrose
Atheism isn't an ideology. But yes, if you twist the definition in way thats known by everyone doing so to parody religion, yes.
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...so then the question is, why? Why would anyone seek to absurdly re-define atheism as a religion? Its nonsensical.
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Akin, my quote tweet continued into a short thread but I forgot to tag you in it.
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