RE: Atheism is a religion
January 5, 2012 at 9:36 am
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2012 at 9:47 am by amkerman.)
... really? K. I guess I'll "respond" to your defense of an illusory argument...
"unlike abrahamic ones?"
- no. And, to be fair, I made mention of no religions besides atheism in my post, which was in response to the op, so the question is off topic. Looks like your trying to pick a fight where none exists.
"I personally don't do labels... The label is mostly from theists..."
- ok. You do notice that right under the names on this site there is a place for "religious views"? You do notice many people have "atheist" or some iteration thereof in that spot. Did the theists put it there? I will make no claim to whether theists label atheists as such moreso than atheists label themselves as such or not. As it stands your claim is baseless until you provide scientific evidence. Your belief based upon your personal "observation" is strikingly similar to theists "observation" of the world and their belief in God. That's just MY observation.
"so this petty little group..."
- "petty is your word, not mine, but yes.
"so why do you persist if you are trying to take the moral high ground."
- WHAT? no, seriously, what? Why do I persist in what? Where did I take the moral high ground. Just because someone points out the psychological errors committed by the vast majority of human beings doesn't mean they have taken "the moral high ground". It just means they are aware of human psychology...
"so why do theists persist in their 'racism'"
- in one ear out the other. Work on reading comprehension. Sincerely. The whole point was that individuals exhibit behaviors, not groups. I just explained in group bias to YOU and YOU make the mistake of committing it by attributing the "racism" to ALL THEISTS...
Irony at it's finest.
Faith: sets can be singular. Or are you arguing semantics...
More accurately: a single apple is still technically a "set"
Yes. "Prejudice" is a word I could have used instead of "racism by another name".
"unlike abrahamic ones?"
- no. And, to be fair, I made mention of no religions besides atheism in my post, which was in response to the op, so the question is off topic. Looks like your trying to pick a fight where none exists.
"I personally don't do labels... The label is mostly from theists..."
- ok. You do notice that right under the names on this site there is a place for "religious views"? You do notice many people have "atheist" or some iteration thereof in that spot. Did the theists put it there? I will make no claim to whether theists label atheists as such moreso than atheists label themselves as such or not. As it stands your claim is baseless until you provide scientific evidence. Your belief based upon your personal "observation" is strikingly similar to theists "observation" of the world and their belief in God. That's just MY observation.
"so this petty little group..."
- "petty is your word, not mine, but yes.
"so why do you persist if you are trying to take the moral high ground."
- WHAT? no, seriously, what? Why do I persist in what? Where did I take the moral high ground. Just because someone points out the psychological errors committed by the vast majority of human beings doesn't mean they have taken "the moral high ground". It just means they are aware of human psychology...
"so why do theists persist in their 'racism'"
- in one ear out the other. Work on reading comprehension. Sincerely. The whole point was that individuals exhibit behaviors, not groups. I just explained in group bias to YOU and YOU make the mistake of committing it by attributing the "racism" to ALL THEISTS...
Irony at it's finest.
Faith: sets can be singular. Or are you arguing semantics...
More accurately: a single apple is still technically a "set"
Yes. "Prejudice" is a word I could have used instead of "racism by another name".
