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Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by ImPostingOnHN on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:29AM (#36858316)
> Generally atheists claim to be skeptical of all religion and mysticism regardless of whether it claims a "creator god".

is that true, though? As one myself, I'm not sure it is. Certainly doesn't seem true. But if you want to be pedantic and sophic, you can continue trying to redefine it

in fact, I've found that self-described "theists" and "atheists" are both smart enough to know that theism involves a god, not just any religion or spiritualism or mysticism or belief

> My point is that almost all people hold unexamined beliefs

your point seemed to be to conflate concepts like humanism (essentially, "be excellent to each other", hardly an "unexamined belief"), which don't require magic, to theism, which does - this point didn't work for the reasons described above: both may involve principles of one form or another, but only the latter is magical and supernatural, and thus less rational to believe true

if we're both on the same page there, we can move onto other topics, like:

> I think the rule you are describing is not well defined at all.

Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by commonlisp94 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:52AM (#36862206)
> humanism (essentially, "be excellent to each other")

That's definitely not what humanism means.

No I don't think this conversation will lead anywhere. Goodbye.

Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by ImPostingOnHN on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:48AM (#36863079)
...says the person who doesn't realize atheism is a-theism, or that theism refers to a god, not just any belief or concept you want

it seems you have no point that isn't based on pedantry, arguing semantics, trying to redefine theism, or falsely and failingly conflating a non-magical concept with a magical belief

I would have liked for you to respond to the subject of my posts instead, but since you couldn't: bye, friend!