(March 2, 2019 at 4:00 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Still not sure what the problem is with saying atheism is a belief. I say there's Skydaddy. You say, "Yeah. . . I doubt it, bud. Show me." You believe Skydaddy isn't real, but you're always willing to accept evidence to the contrary.
Why are atheists fighting so hard to be seen as people who simply lack a belief, and not as those who believe certain propositions are likely false?
Well, thats easy. The god botherers keep on wheleling out accusations that us atheists have beliefs we simply do not hold. As long as they wheel out such baloney, atheists are going to complain that this is a lie.
Would you accept that I claim that you are the spawn of your mother mating with beelszbub? Of course not.
Why should anyone treat the religious claims otherwise? Are those claims somehow "special"?
