• cryptiod137@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    No, it doesn’t contradict my definition at all. I’m not sure how you think it does.

    A lack of belief in God(s) is a system of belief in the way the world operates, just one that denies the metaphysical.

    Believing that believing in Joseph Engels style dialectual materialism, as in applying it to natural sciences, mean you have no system of beliefs is absurd on its own face.

    People on China are being raised following the party line as mentioned above. That’s a philosophy they have been taught to belive. All philosophy is is a system of a beliefs.