Fundamental Atheism?

[juvenile_philos]

Today on reddit, someone asked the reddit community if there was "any race or religion you would never consider dating?" One person wrote (in part):
"The list of religions is a long one: Mormons, JW, 7th Day Adventists, Born Agains, Non-Denominational Christians (still born agains), Fundamental Muslims, Fundamental Christians, Fundamental Jews,

Comments

[locallunatic]

Personally I would say that a 'fundamental atheist' would be one that acts similarly (to an outside observer) to fundamentalists of other religious persuasions. An example would be those who not only consider their beliefs to be correct (why else would they believe them), but consider all others to be deluded and attempt to 'correct' them. Simplified this would be those atheists that attack other belief systems as invalid and regularly rub their beliefs in the face of others. While this doesn't fit the 'official' definition of fundamentalist, it does engender the same response from those outside of said belief system.

[guyblade]

I think an atheist must consider the religious to be deluded in some sense. One religion to another might make an argument about "different faces of god" or other things, but would generally be a bit reluctant to outright accuse them of being deluded. Now the bit about attempting to "correct" may be a good differentiator.

[locallunatic]

While some religious persuasions may not say others are deluded, we are talking about fundamentalists, which do consider their belief structure to be so obviously correct that if you don't agree with them you must be deluded.

[sakanagai]

HAIL ATHE!

[inmysocks]

'I do not exist.'
-Athe

[ennia]

I would classify a Fundamental Atheist the same way I would classify a fundamental religious person, which is mainly based on action.

So, fundamentalists, in my view, tend to be not even be pushy (which is ok by my standards), but down right rude, divisive, and uncaring of others with whom they disagree except for as a person they can "convert."

While my definition does stray far from the accepted definitions of fundamentalism, I believe it is more an attitude that this person is describing rather than a strict rhetorical adherence to the definition of Fundamental.

[inmysocks]

after asking the various pushy christians around campus how they could be part of a religion that glorified genocide and is based on human sacrifice I have consistently been told that all the genocide was morally pure because their god said to do it.
now my general method is to just tell them to fuck off. does that make me a fundamental atheist?

[guyblade]

No, but it may make you a pragmatist.

[ennia]

Fucking off is the last thing you want them to do -- who needs more of them?

-Dani