(January 18, 2017 at 11:34 am)robvalue Wrote:(January 18, 2017 at 10:46 am)Autolite Wrote: But is it rising faster than Islam???
Offhand, I don't know. If it wasn't, then... what? Give up?
Well it's like I've already said, as Atheists we need to stop affording Theism any respect or credibility. We should collectively encourage the attitude that Theism is no different than any delusional belief. Instead of calling it merely a 'difference of opinion' we should all be regarding it for what it really is and that is bat-shit crazy nonsense.
Remember when we discussed the medical definition of 'delusion' and that that definition excludes religious belief? We should challenge that definition instead of accepting it. Dr Peter Boghossian of PSU is doing just this. He wants to see the medical definition for delusion in the DSM revised so that it does not exclude religious belief...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIaPXtZpzBw