I can feel your anger

[Gambit]

Yes, there are people who follow anything that science sells, and with great confidence that it is a given to work. However, as it has been said on this thread over and over again, science works. The difference, again, between religion and science is accountability. When science doesn't work, there are plenty of people who will not only point it out but prove it. Most religious adherents do the complete opposite; it's called apologetics.

You are making a generalization about a group of people who all hold completely different views on the existence of god. My ex is an atheist and has no opinion on the existence of god, other than that she has an absence of belief - a truer atheist, you will not find. She isn't particularly interested in science either, other than using what it provides to enrich her life. She trusts in science only when it works, and is quick to criticize reckless science where it occurs. How does she, for instance, fit your description of what an atheist is?

My da told me once that it takes a really big person to admit they are wrong - even when it sticks in their throat. I think you made a big mistake in your generalization of a group of people; and, given how you have tried since to lighten the general tone of the thread, I think you know it too.