Well, it comes to my mind, why we label free thinkers as atheist? Let's start from the definition of atheism. According to dictionary.com, atheism is the doctrine or belief that there is no God. We have a big problem here! What is God in the first place? We have a plethora of different definition of God, depending on religion or philosophy we subscribe in. Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Wotan, Jupiter, Vishnu, The Tao, Amaterasu, Odin, Baal, and the nature itself is only a few of what humanity ever called as 'God'.
Let's look at this way, the reason why free thinkers are often labeled as 'atheist' is because they don't believe in your 'God' isn't it? But what about other people who believed in other 'God'? You label them as unbeliever? I don't see any difference in it. Both group deny your 'God', so shouldn't you label everyone who don't believe in your 'God' as atheist? Since you believed that your 'God' is the only one anyway, should that make everyone who don't believe in your 'God' as atheist?
What is the catch here? From the perspective of other person, the same applies. You are 'atheist' from the perspective of other person who subscribe in other doctrine. So, what is the conclusion here? Everyone is atheist, and the word become meaningless....
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