RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion?
November 23, 2015 at 1:51 pm
(November 23, 2015 at 1:45 pm)robvalue Wrote: 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.
yes you are right but that's an important point when their goal is to win an argument. usually in a argument or a debate each side is making a definitive statement that contradicts the opposing, so it's important to classify it that way.
In reality those that argue the weak atheism standard are really proposing the following topic:
"There is a God vs. I'm not sure, don't really care, not concerned about it" but in their mind it's "there is a God vs there is not a God"
I actually don't find many atheists who hold to the "there is a not a God" stance. It's usually the "I don't think so, I'm not sure or I don't care either way" types.
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