Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Banned_Magnus wrote:
AG, thank you for this thread. It is hilarious and shows that Atheists do have an ideology that they faithfully believe are universal truths.
Eh, the term "atheist" is more varying than that.
Look: I'll actually outline two different ways to look at atheism:
1) Atheism as a cultural group. Atheists have taken a role as a cultural group in modern society, this may be due to many reasons, but this cultural group does more than affirm just the truth of atheism, which includes an ideology full of universal truths. (like many other cultural groups for that matter)
2) Atheism as just the word. Technically, atheism isn't an ideology and it does not require universal truth.
Atheism is an ideology by definition. Unless the meaning gets changed soon, they are in the same boat as the rest of the brain washed cultists.
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Today the term ideology is used in so many ways, that it is often difficult to know how to describe it. In some ways, the common, shared beliefs of a community may be considered its common sense ideology. For example, a group of people living near the wilderness might share the ideology that it is not wise to venture into the bush alone and at night. Conversely, city people, for the most part, might believe that it make sense to look both ways before crossing a street. Common sense ideology often concerns the protection of the individual and community as a whole.
Ideology can be used in a more specific sense to differentiate between different groups of thought. The ideological differences between Sunni and Shiite factions of Islam are a subject of great debate. Understanding these competing ideologies allows one more insight into how to address cultures with which one has either hostile or peaceful contact.
In US politics, the term ideology may separate the difference between Democrat and Republican, and those sharing the ideology of one group over another are likely to vote accordingly. Usually a culture has multiple political ideologies, with some less popular than others. Many have difficulty seeing past the two competing ideologies to examine other political ideologies present in the culture. For example, few Libertarians, Green Party Members, or Peace and Freedom ideologists are elected, since most think in terms of democrat and republican candidates only.
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An ideology is a set of ideas that constitutes one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare worldview), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below) and several philosophical tendencies (see Political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness" or product of socialization). The main purpose behind an ideology is to offer change in society, and adherence to a set of ideals where conformity already exists, through a normative thought process. Ideologies are systems of abstract thought applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political tendency entails an ideology whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought. It is how society sees things.
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02 Dec 2010, 8:27 am
