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TrajansKong:
Another unbeliever here. For an English speaking Oyinbo your phrasing, tenses, noun-verb pairings and vocabulary speak most strongly of Naija!!

I am sorry, was that directed to me? Being Scandinavian english is my *secondary* language. Not primary. And there's a difference.

AnonyNymous:
I've told you already but you refuse to learn so I don't like engaging you.
How can you ask if something is permitted in atheism.
Is atheism a religion?
Nawa o
Atheism is just rejection of religion. Simple. Different atheists have different conceptions of morality. Take different sides on different scientific hypotheses. Some don't even care. Atheism just means we don't believe things like god sacrificing himself to himself to save humanity from himself.

If I may add a little to your explanation (which largely is correct); atheism is somewhat broader than just the christian variety. It includes the rejection of the supernatural in general. So the rejection would include allah, vishnu and all other known gods.

AnonyNymous:
Lol same. If he were European he'd know that its 'Ask A European' and not 'Ask An European' . . . after all, its their general language

In the European Union we have 24 different official languages. English is one of the major ones but by no means the native tongue for even the majority of europeans. In short; minor slip ups will occur.

Ranchhoddas:
Why do I feel like this is another prank?

Sorry if you would feel that way. I am just interested in this subject, thats all. Best wishes.

naijadeyhia:
where in europe are you? At least being in europe, anonymity shouldnt be your focus. So where in europe are you?

Scandinavia.

naijadeyhia:
I suggest you correct the misconceptions within your fellow Atheists then come with one voice then we can discuss. FYI i doubt your european affiliation.

This is one of the common misconceptions; atheism is the position on the validity of available evidence for the proposed deity based hypothesis. The default position to take in absence of actual evidence is to not accept the proposition as true. In short it is the stance of a single question. It does not tell you anything else apart from the stance on this single issue. It doesn't tell you whether the person stating he/she is an atheist is an neo nazists, or marxists leninist or anything in between. Ergo; no, you will not find a coherence based on the negative stance on the existence of supernatural entities.

And by the way, yes; I am european, northern part to be exact.

EyeHateGod:
Oh and again how did U come across the site??

I live in a part of the world where stating 'I am an atheist' is as eventful as proclaiming 'I dont collect stamps!'. I.e. people look at you funnily and wonder why you would indicate such a non issue. However, in my job I deal with various parts of the world where this is not the case so I have taken an interest in how it *really* is in various parts of the world with perhaps not the best of reputations when it comes to religious tolerance. This site poped up every now and then in those searches. After following some of the discussion here I felt that maybe I could contribute something. Lets see how it turns out and if it a learning experience of sorts.

Looking around on african site to assess the state of non religious in various african countries I reached the conclusion that there seemed to be many questions and misconception about atheism in general. I stumbled on this site, and for whats its worth, if you want an outsider perspective please feel free to ask and maybe we can have an interesting discussion.

regards