Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/"No such thing as atheists."/reply (2)

In effect, once you create the category (say, "atheists") for whatever reason, it becomes its own world. It takes on a life of it's own and people start forming atheist clubs, and having atheists meetings, and being out and proud in their "atheism".

It's just so wierd to me. Identifying yourself by something someone else has labled you. "You do not believe in my Bible, so you are a heathen" is in effect what is said with "you do not beleive in my god, you are an atheist", cept that atheist is a good word. or something.

I would never tell someone I'm an "a-birtherist", or an "a-elvenist". Saying I don't believe that Obama was born in Kenya, or that Elves exist is so obvious to most of us, I don't need to justify it. Why do I need to justify my lack of belief in a deitiy that is equally obviously not existing? And what would I have in common with a room full of other people who happen to not believe in elves, or in gods, or in Kenyabirth? Making an "it" out of it, does serve a political end, sure... but it's such a strange power to give Christianity and their god (to me).

I'm still sorta torn on whether he is saying we have invented illnesses (which I've heard befor), or just sayign that people say it's "ok to be this, to have this" therefore it's a more common diagnosis?