[ExI] Muslim and Supermuslim: Toward Islamic transhumanism?

[Adrian Tymes]

Agreed.  Specific versions of theism - belief in specific gods - can be a
religion, but the mere concept that there are gods with no further
definition - such as whether they are worthy of worship, let alone their
names and personalities - is not.

On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 11:27 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I would say that about theism as well. Theism per se is not religion; it’s
> just belief that there is/are a god/gods. It doesn’t even mean the person
> believes based on faith. (For the record, I’m an atheist. I just want to be
> clear about the concepts.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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>
> On Feb 27, 2020, at 10:06 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> 
> If atheism is a nonbelief, how can it be a religion?  To me, a belief in
> something is accepting at least part of it on faith.  As scientists we
> don't take anything on faith.  So science also is not a religion.
>
> bill w
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