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Simple arguments against Atheism - Part 2
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Welcome back, everyone.
As was said earlier, the non-religion of nonbelievers (a.k.a. "Atheism") suspiciously finds its non-belief being aggressively proselytized in the 'Religion and Spirituality' section of most libraries and online media outlets.
Shouldn't they be categorized in the 'Philosophy' section instead? Basically the genuine followers of genuine religions are too nice to tell them to go away. So they stay, as unwelcome guests.
For the most part being Atheist is not good enough. They have to drag you away from belief as well. Nothing less will do. This of course, takes us to our discussion point for today: the Atheist desire for acceptance in mainstream society.
Myth: Atheism should be considered a mainstream way of life. This is because Buddhism is a form of Atheism.
Fact: Documented quotes from Buddha mention a Supreme Being on at least one occasion, which is an obvious affirmation. In essence, Buddhism as it stands today neither denies God nor is God-centric. Thus it can hardly be claimed that Buddhism is an Atheist religion. In other words, the lack of acknowledgment of the existence of an entity does not necessarily constitute disbelief in it.
Take if you will the following example.
Islam acknowledges as valid all of the Prophets who appeared between Adam and Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon them all. However the Qur'an only mentions a little over twenty of them by name. Now just because the others are not mentioned by name, can anyone say other Prophets from God are not a part of Islam? Obviously not.
Therefore the analogy of Buddhism cannot be manipulated to normalize Atheism.
Buddhism is a world religion. Atheism? You figure it out. I'm still guessing.
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