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Paul Cliteur asks: if an atheist is someone who doesn’t believe in God, which God don’t they believe in?

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Philosophy Now wrote:Paul Cliteur asks: if an atheist is someone who doesn’t believe in God, which God don’t they believe in?

http://philosophynow.org/issues/78/The_ ... Experience

In the words of James Dean; "Wadda ya got?"
Rebel Without a Cause

In the words of not James Dean but Marlon Brando; "Wadda ya got?"
not Rebel Without a Cause but The Wild One

In the U.S., some people actually worship the Constitution. The Constitution, especially the First Amendment, is their religion.

Yesterday I accused my liberal Jewish friend of worshiping the Constitution.

We were walking in the dog park. The subject of the American Civil Liberties Union arose. In accusing the ACLU of being anti-religious, I mentioned Skokie case. He said he lived there at the time and was about age ten. He said that he was proud that the ACLU was represented by a Jewish lawyer. I disagreed, saying that the march presented an ethical issue that trumped all others, that, factually, the planned Nazi march would cause serious psychological harm to those many Skokie residents who were actual Holocaust survivors. I said that it was wrong to intentionally do an act that would surely harm another person. By implication, I accused the Jewish ACLU lawyer of worshiping the Constitution. He was probably an atheist Jewish lawyer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_S ... _of_Skokie

i've always found that too tbieter, that all is worship, all is religious. i think you brought this up in another thread you had started as well, i agree. for example, even the 'simple man' who says, 'i don't want anything to do with any of this mularky' and only wants to take care of his daily business, just eat, shit, and breathe.. this man is religious as well. his day to day mantra, 'eat, shit, and breathe' 'no malarky'. say it loud, proud, or silent. still religious. the term religious can also be found in non 'god-believing' conversations. every now and then, you might hear someone say, 'are you religious about waking up at a certain time in the morning?' 'are you religious about being on time?'

there is a song by R.E.M. called 'Losing My Religion'.. may have lost something, but didn't lose religion. perhaps, only an interchangeable set of those things that constitute that persons being.

mickthinks wrote:In the words of not James Dean but Marlon Brando; "Wadda ya got?"
not Rebel Without a Cause but The Wild One

Oh yeah!
Thanks

mickthinks wrote:In the words of not James Dean but Marlon Brando; "Wadda ya got?"
not Rebel Without a Cause but The Wild One

Don't you mean *mumble* *mumble* Wadd...djay..agt *mumble* *mumble*.

"Mind the oranges Marlon!" - D.R. & Quinch.