Athiesm is a religion, and I've never seen a more militant and aggressive one, possibly Islam. The similarities are astounding...one says pray or die, the other says science or die. Both very much angry and militant.
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If you concede the chance you might be wrong in your assertions, the entire athiest argument crumbles, because if you concede the possibility there is a god or higher intelligence, you would go against the doctrine of your religion and have no leg to stand on
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" the other says science or die."
No modern medical care for you. Just leaches and mud.
"If you concede the chance you might be wrong in your assertions, the entire athiest argument crumbles, because if you concede the possibility there is a god or higher intelligence, you would go against the doctrine of your religion and have no leg to stand on "
If you concede the chance that PI=/=3 then you go against the doctrine of your religion and you have no leg to stand on.
But most atheists around here seem to subscribe to "Weak atheism", which concedes the possibility of a god, but regards it as pretty unlikely.
Who exactly had no leg to stand on?
If you think that atheism is a religion, you're a moron.
If you think that atheists are more militant and aggressive than fundie Muslims, you're a moron.
Let's just go ahead and say you're a moron, mmkay?
Sigh... Atheism isn't a god damn religion. It's lack of faith in a deity. And I, like any halfway intelligent Atheist, DO in fact leave the possibility for a deity open. If I'm provided with sufficient proof, I'll believe. I won't necessarily worship that deity, but I'll believe. Now who's argument crumbles?
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"If you concede the chance you might be wrong in your assertions, the entire athiest argument crumbles, because if you concede the possibility there is a god or higher intelligence, you would go against the doctrine of your religion and have no leg to stand on"
Bull. Shit.
Even Richard Dawkins concedes that there may be a very slight possibility of a god existing. Granted, it's an extremely small possibility but this admission overwhelms fundy "thought" which never ever admits to any chance of being wrong. Stupid, arrogant fundies.
We don't dogmatically say there is no god. We simply say there is no logical reason to believe in such an entity. But anything's possible. It's possible, for example, that some day you'll know what you're talking about.
Atheists and science do not have doctrines dumb ass.
Uncertainty about assertions lends to higher credibility as more information is found and science adjusts.
In contrast religious absolutes with no evidence or support have no credibility.
Wait, people, it's talk about athiesm, not atheism! It's alright, those imaginary people are surely angry and religious...
Atheists don't have to concede anything.
Religious people are the ones screaming theirs an insane deity with omnipotence powers running around. So THEY should prove this creature not only exists, but also is exactly the way they describe it to be.
They've so far consistently failed to even prove such a critter exists.
In addition, the natural workings of the universe appear in no way to require any supernatural things. Adding religious hocus pocus to what we know of reality only makes things more confusing and less logical.
Most Muslims don't believe in the whole "convert or die" attitude. The Qur'an says that there is no compulsion in religion, and no one is guided to Islam but by Allah. So most Muslims just let people be. Atheism has never said science or die. Christian fundamentalism is more 'militant and aggressive' than Islam and atheism combined. I'm not going to comment anymore on the "atheism is a religion" schtick.
The way I see it, the theists' god of scripture could not possibly be the stipulated Creator. That means I'm an a theist.
Further, I believe that their god of scripture is an empty ego and a soul-vampire. That means I'm a mal theist.
By my reckoning, the stipulated Creator would be pure Mind. Happily, I find agreement in the Coptic scripture.
It's terrible how you hear about all those atheist suicide bombers, atheists throwing acid in women's face, atheists committing honor killings, atheists putting bounties on the heads of people who mocks them.
Oh wait, maybe some of them DO actually do that last one :D
No, the similarities between Christianity an Islam are astounding, dumbass. Both say pray or die.
Atheism=/=science, smart-ass.
If there really is a higher being or intelligence, he/she/it will probably respect actions based on benevolence and empathy over mere lip-service and servility.
"...concede the possibility..."
It's possible the far side of the moon is made of green cheese, and it's populated by unicorns. All sorts of wild hypotheses are awaiting discovery. If you want god to be one of those wild possibilities, you've gotta come up with the evidence. The ball is in your court.
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