[extropy-chat] Not believing in Eris is also a religion

[Dirk Bruere]

Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote:

> I'm always amused by people who insist that atheism is a religion.  Do 
> I need a separate form of atheism for each religion I don't believe 
> in?  Am I just an atheistic Jew, or also an atheistic Christian, an 
> atheistic neo-pagan, and an atheistic Dionysian?  Maybe I should 
> become an atheistic druid so I can tell people I don't believe in trees.
>
I call myself an atheist Asatruar because I believe our Gods are social 
dynamic/cultural constructs.
I see no problem with that at all, nor with basing my ethical values 
upon their mythology.
Interestingly, my co-religionists see no problem with my POV either, 
even the ones that believe our Gods are 'real' (whatever that means for 
a God).

-- 
Dirk

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