Atheists (and most agnostics) tend to be philosophical and methodological naturalists. This is the positive assertion that the physical universe is a closed system. In other words nothing outside it or a product of it can affect it. Now that is a philosophy and a view of the world, but it has to do with a whole lot more than "gods."
What I hope you will understand, is that when god-believers take this whole package and narrow it down to a word meaning "non-god people," this is only because "god" happens to be the only part of it a believer in god probably cares about. To a believer in a god, it's the only issue.
But to most atheists, gods are only an issue at all because there are so many believers in gods. If there were enough alchemists living in my society, I would blog about my nonalchemism at least once a week. The importance of it is entirely determined by that.
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Date: 2005-10-07 05:04 pm (UTC)What I hope you will understand, is that when god-believers take this whole package and narrow it down to a word meaning "non-god people," this is only because "god" happens to be the only part of it a believer in god probably cares about. To a believer in a god, it's the only issue.
But to most atheists, gods are only an issue at all because there are so many believers in gods. If there were enough alchemists living in my society, I would blog about my nonalchemism at least once a week. The importance of it is entirely determined by that.