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

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No, CL, there aren't.  There would need to -be- evidence in the first place....which there isn't.  Why is it so difficult to come to terms with faith?  Why the obsessive need to couch faith in the language of that which discredits it?  Once upon a time, the very notion of evidence as it related to god was heretical.   What changed, from then to now...in your estimation?

But Rhythm, surely what one person considers convincing evidence should not be discounted because you do not find it convincing.  Evidence can be subjective when it comes to unverifiable claims.  Eyewitness testimony in a court of law has to be taken at face value and some jurors may find it compelling, others not.  Does that discount its truth?  Hardly.  If I told you my wife loved me and showed you a picture of the breakfast she made for me, would that be enough evidence to convince you?  Do you need to see a picture of her making the breakfast?  Do you need to see her serving it with a smile?  As I've said before, for some, no amount of evidence will ever suffice when the presupposition is the result is impossible.