Atheism, to me, refers just to a lack of conviction to God, but these days it encompasses much more than that. It's become somewhat of a reactionary movement within society against certain religious extremism. It usually goes hand in hand with imperial beliefs about the United States and disdain for marginalized communities.
We have a phrase for that: militant atheism
Anti-245 posted...
White is much more than a skin color. It's an ideology that usually reinforces itself through social pressure among european Americans. It too acts as a justification of atrocities at home and abroad when it comes to non-whites. It's companion, in my opinion, would be blackness with which society grants those that it seems as ills racially.
So white exceptionalism?
Anti-245 posted...
Science is, to me, an effort to improve knowledge of the natural world but I would caution against using terms like observation and experimentation strictly. Plenty of scientific ideas remain theoretical at the moment but they're just as important as the experiments and observations.
The scientific method is based around falsifiability. Hypotheses have to be able to make predictions through experiments and observations in order to become theories.
As much as you ridiculed me for going to the dictionary, I'd recommend opening one once in a while. You'll find it easier to express your ideas if you have the vocabulary necessary to do so
Yeah, most atheists who make claims under my definition don't consider themselves as militant so I don't know why I should either.
White exceptionalism is something more specific than whiteness itself.
Sure, it does. I'm not sure what you're getting at here anyway. It has nothing to do with what I said. I also don't know why you're being hostile either. ---