[ExI] Muslim and Supermuslim: Toward Islamic transhumanism?

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 27 22:57:44 UTC 2020


That depends on the context. Naturally, a distinction like atheist/theist covers such a broad range because it’s so much abstract (not necessarily vague). It’s not really meant to be more precise. Of course, many atheists are scientific realists or into philosophical naturalism. 

Dan
   Sample my Kindle books at:
http://author.to/DanUst

> On Feb 27, 2020, at 2:41 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> Now see, I would say that if the concept of a god or gods is vague, then maybe it's not a religion.  But what if the person prays or talks to the gods?  Now we are bringing in religious elements.
> 
> How is atheism like nondairy creamer?  Answer:  Both refer to what they are not, not what they are.  Which is why I prefer 'naturalist', even with the confusion.   
> 
> bill w
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 1:37 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> 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
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20200227/fa248a92/attachment.htm>


More information about the extropy-chat mailing list