I think labeling anyone as being anything is wrong. A person cannot be a belief, they can possess beliefs, but a person cannot be what they possess. Obviously it is easier to label someone as an atheist, Christian, Muslim, etc., but it seems to easily allow for dehumanization. Obviously it takes longer to enunciate, but it would be better (and more accurate) to describe a person as "a person who holds Christians beliefs" etc. For example I would say that I possess the atheist stance within the context of religion, but I am not a lack of a belief, I am a human. People don't obviously just do this with religion, but do this with sports teams, political parties, and so on; and this causes us to unconsciously/consciously dehumanize those that we disagree with.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Atheism VS Religion for dummies with Richard Dawkins!
I think labeling anyone as being anything is wrong. A person cannot be a belief, they can possess beliefs, but a person cannot be what they possess. Obviously it is easier to label someone as an atheist, Christian, Muslim, etc., but it seems to easily allow for dehumanization. Obviously it takes longer to enunciate, but it would be better (and more accurate) to describe a person as "a person who holds Christians beliefs" etc. For example I would say that I possess the atheist stance within the context of religion, but I am not a lack of a belief, I am a human. People don't obviously just do this with religion, but do this with sports teams, political parties, and so on; and this causes us to unconsciously/consciously dehumanize those that we disagree with.
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