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Originally Posted by blankall
I am assuming you also don't believe in judgment day, an afterlife, a soul, heaven, hell, the devil, etc etc etc...That's a set of beliefs.
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So? None of those beliefs are a worldview, and the lack of belief in those things aren't a worldview either. Now belief or non-belief in some of those things may
inform my worldview.. i.e. if I don't believe in an afterlife I might value this life more. But they aren't dependent. There are atheists that believe in an afterlife and a soul (not by those terms, but analogues), there are theists who do not believe in an afterlife, a soul, heaven, the devil, etc.
Being a theist or atheist can
influence your worldview, but it does not dictate it (in a B must follow A sense), because there's nothing to be dictated from the simple question of "do you believe a god exists", anymore than you can dictate a worldview from the question "do you believe Santa exists".
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Originally Posted by blankall
If I lived in a time that belief in Zeus was a common belief it would most certainly result in a divide between me and others. Besides, how do you know I don't believe in Zeus? I have yet to say anything contrary.
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Please, if you believe in Zeus then substitute Wotan or Shiva or some god that you do not believe exists. Is your lack of belief in Wotan a worldview that constitutes your goals, expectations and actions?