Atheism will never replace Religion and Myth

My thoughts on why atheism holds no threat to organized religion or cultural myths.

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[DeimosSaturn]

"there has never been an atheistic culture" because the way religion is designed is it discourages or censors dissent and indoctrinates children. Unfortunately for religion, we now live in the information age. Uh oh! Run away! lol. By the way, Sweden has an atheist majority. It's a better country than the US by all social, cultural, criminal, and health standards.

[xychr0]

"there has never been an atheistic culture"

There have been. USSR and North Korea are two.

[DeimosSaturn]

You present yourself as this well versed apologist and yet you make the most easily defeated, unoriginal, predictable arguments "USSR and North Korea are atheistic cultures". Automatic failure, xychr0. Those were governments that forced their population to not worships supernatural gods and instead worship their leaders. The party line was their dogma. Technically they were "atheist governments" but they still maintained all the classic characteristics of a personality cult.

[xychr0]

"Those were governments that forced their population to not worships supernatural gods and instead worship their leaders. The party line was their dogma."

I just suggest you watch my video, because that's precisely what I said. They were atheistic cultures in which atheism was forced as a principle of the party line in a state-run mythos. Thanks - XY

[DeimosSaturn]

No, you are twisting it to think it's the lack of belief in god in and of itself that makes these governments fascist. It's NOT. You are having trouble distinguishing concepts, probably because you are desperate to defend your belief that you will never die. Your conflation of atheism and fascism is really transparent.

[xychr0]

I think it'd be more interesting if you made a video, played my actual words, and then countered them, instead of taking my words, reinterpreting them, and responding to your reinterpretation. Peace - XY

[AtheistEvolution]

A culture has to have a mythos in order to be cohesive?? You have any evidence for the statement that we MUST believe lies and unsupported scientific claims in order to be cohesive??? What a nonsensical thing to say.

[party489]

@xychr0 Do you know what is a threat to organized religions. Facts and common sense. That is what kills gods. The world would be so much better with out man made religions.

[party489]

@Jonstern1983 More likely that none of them are correct. Wow why cant most people use this simple logic to put their old religious BS behind. We do not need unjustified myths in any culture.

[Jonstern1983]

@party489 It cannot be all since many, if not all religions hold contradictory beliefs. It's more likely that none of them are correct because they are all based on mythology and not observable reality.

[party489]

this guys is a moron

[party489]

Atheism is not a threat to organized religion common sense and facts are threats to religions. A culture should be not be based on delusion. Fairy tales are not needed for a good culture. Which religions is true, all or none. Im going with None.

[Giveadont]

Don't listen to these people who twist your arguments. I think you hit it home when you brought up the example if Islamic culture overtaking secular European culture simply because they have increasingly less prominence for any concept of divine-ness in their mainstream society. It seems like all these folks intent on driving religion out of society really just can't accept that there is any form of valid knowledge outside of empirical knowledge.

[ilovetheview47]

all athiesim means is a lack of believe in a god or gods. its not a group. like non soccer player dont make groups

[yubarraboo]

Another system that appeals to egotism, escapism, and intentional disassociation that defines religion is needed.

Maybe something that can combine the buddhism distain for narcissism (while still appealing to personal validation and escapism) that somehow implements disassociation that most faith-heads require to survive their own self-loathing. IT would have to be well designed and appeal in more ways than established religion.

[LouSaydus]

0:48 tell that to norway/finland.