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

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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 25, 2015 at 2:44 pm

Jerry Coyne's take on the subject, albeit addressing when science is called faith.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and...ature.html

A one sentence summary:

Quote:The conflation of faith as “unevidenced belief” with faith as “justified confidence” is simply a word trick used to buttress religion.

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RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 10:35 am

RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by Crossless1 - November 25, 2015 at 12:00 pm

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RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by Crossless1 - November 25, 2015 at 12:34 pm

RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by Rokkein - November 25, 2015 at 11:45 am

RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by Cato - November 25, 2015 at 2:44 pm

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