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Originally Posted by Relambrien
Dark Ronin, you need to familiarize yourself with the definition of atheism.
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First off athiesm falls into the very broad catagory of secular humanism. Here is a brief summary of an essay I did on the topic for a religion class. As you should see I fully understand what atheism is.
The Faith of Secular Humanism
Secular Humanism is a faith-based system (i.e., a religion) whose adherents believe, among other things, that the material world is all that exists. Secular humanists believe that the highest being that exists is mankind. They do not believe in a supernatural God.
Since secular humanists do not believe in God, obviously they do not believe in a Creator. They hypothesize that life simply sprang into existence, through a process of chance events. Higher life forms came into existence, they believe through the process of biological evolution. They believe these things on the basis of faith, as many of the more honest scientists who are evolutionists have admitted. Many scientists who are evolutionists have explained that to believe in a supernatural God is not “scientific”. Therefore they hypothesize evolution to explain the existence of life. They hope to find evidence to support their hypothesis.
Since, to secular humanists, God does not exist, any appeal to His authority would be considered to be foolish. The only authority that secular humanists appeal to is the authority of men who are perceived to be highly educated, brilliant and wise.
Secular humanists believe the Bible to be simply a book of human traditions and ideas. To them, it has no authority. The only writings that have authority for them would be the writing of men and women whom they perceive to be especially brilliant and wise.
Secular humanists generally reject the concepts of moral absolutes and of “sin.” In a situation in which Christians might see a need for repentance and forgiveness and forsaking sinful behavior, secular humanists would more likely see a need for every person to decide for himself what is right or wrong, and to try to build personal self-esteem regardless of an individual’s behavior.
While a Christian’s goals are determined by God and are influenced by the reality of an eternity after this life has passed, the secular humanist goals are entirely focused on this present physical existence.