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

[Kingpin]

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.

Who said anything about "impossible"? There's a world of difference between accepting or not accepting a mundane claim such as "Kingpin's wife loves him" on the one hand and an extraordinary claim such as "the creator of the universe, who exists somehow beyond time/space, communicated with me after breakfast" on the other.

You know that perfectly well.

Ah but what is mundane to you, may be of profound importance to someone else.  For example, if you don't care God or no God, then you are less likely to critically examine any evidence.  If it has importance to you, you are more likely to examine it objectively.  There are thousands upon thousands of first hand accounts of encounters with God/Jesus.  There are also thousands of first hand encounters with aliens.  But it seems some are willing to accept the idea of aliens more than God, even though there is no definitive proof for either besides testimony and stories.  Why do you suppose that is?