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Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion?

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RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion?

November 23, 2015 at 1:45 pm (This post was last modified: November 23, 2015 at 1:46 pm by robvalue.)

Yes, gnostic atheism does make a claim of knowledge. But I was referring only to default (weak) atheism.

Some people either can't or won't see the difference between these two, and attack any given atheist as if they are gnostic.

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Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by TheMonster - November 23, 2015 at 1:19 pm

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RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by robvalue - November 23, 2015 at 1:34 pm

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