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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-02-11 06:41 pm

[ SECRET POST #2232 ]


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Re: I think I might be losing my faith

[personal profile] saku 2013-02-12 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
theism and religion are two different things. doubting your atheism doesn't mean you're converting to a religion, it just means you're opening up to a theistic idea, be that as a belief (theism) or as an admission of possibility (agnosticism), or both.

the reason there are so many different concepts of deities is because we as a species don't know/understand whether or not theistic concepts apply to reality, and we make our own. that we substitute our ideas for the unknown doesn't mean anything except that we have no idea what lies beyond this. that's really what the concept of theism is all about, if you think about it. theism provides concepts of the supernatural - entities or events beyond natural law. an agnostic theist would be an individual that recognises their lack of knowledge and understanding, but also recognises the possibility - and perhaps personal belief - that there is more to the universe than what science as we know it can test and explain, in the way of a possible higher power.

so there is a pretty stark contrast between an understanding such as that, and religion. you can't compare the two, and to assume that the opposite of staunch atheism is religious nuttery is simple-minded.

also religion =/= magic ??????? i don't get why people use this insult. magic is the concept of using some form of supernatural force or technique that grants the user some degree of control. religion is the concept of a specific higher power(s) that has this control. it's really ignorant to dismiss all supernatural ideas as "magic." think what you want of them as a collective, but at least be accurate about your judgment.
Edited 2013-02-12 19:03 (UTC)