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Originally Posted by Megenoita
Atheism as used on this forum is a positive worldview. Christianity denies the lack of existence of God, so is it just a lack of a belief?
Dude, two negatives make a positive. At least according to mathematicians/'naturalists'. I don't know if it holds in 'spiritual' land.
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Originally Posted by Megenoita
All of this is word-play. Atheism as referred to on this forum...affirms naturalism and evolutionary worldview tenets...
When you make use of electromagnetic radiation by turning on a television or radio, when you take advantage of artificial preservatives in canned food, when a doctor gives you medicine, do you ever say to yourself 'gosh, methodological naturalism is so narrow and delimiting!' I mean, you could easily argue that science cannot teach us all there is to know, but I think 90% of atheists on this board would agree with you there. So if you're arguing science is incomplete, that's trivial, but if you're arguing science is a poor method for discovering truths about the world, I'd be interesting in hearing why. (Edit: my point being, you're a naturalist too, at least with respect to most things, so it doesn't have much to do with atheism)
As to evolution being a 'worldview' - it is a scientific theory and a scientific fact, not a worldview. If you have a problem with evolution due to it's 'worldview' implications I'm confused why you don't also have a problem with germ theory, gravity, relativity, electromagnetic fields, atomic theory, the water cycle, etc. Do you believe depression is caused by demonic spirits? Do you believe rain is caused by angels crying? Do you believe cells are made out of ectoplasm?