.@PhilosophyExp @brian_carnell Amusingly, atheism does meet the sociological definition of religion.
For a lot of the noisier online atheists, atheism functions as a substitute identity, filling the gap left by a loss of religious faith.
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@DianaDeeJarvis@brian_carnell It certainly gets close to Durkheim's conception (albeit there's no single sociological definition of rel).
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@PhilosophyExp for me, atheism made life itself a treasure, belief in an afterlife diminishes the luster of what we have here and now. - 1 more reply
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@PhilosophyExp Therefore Jesus. ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp@SkepticismFirst its an outlet for me bc I have to hide it IRL. Its difficult.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp@wonkinakilt often middle-class white teenagers lacking a sense of communal identity. -
@PhilosophyExp@wonkinakilt atheism was an involuntary process in reaction to studying philosophy, particularly epistemology. -
@PhilosophyExp@wonkinakilt I had found religion in my teen years to fill the identity gap, then lost it unwillingly. -
@PhilosophyExp@wonkinakilt which should tell you that generalizations cut both ways.
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