leo-rcc Wrote:only atheists see it that way??
So the matter is only one of opinion and there could just as easily be evidence for God, but we just 'don't see it that way' since we atheists personally just see no evidence? I don't think so! That matter is not one of opinion.
I'm talking of ideals here, it may not make sense as a defence because the religious won't say it that way, it won't work, etc, But it is not merely my opinion that there's no evidence for God, and it's indeed no delusion unlike with religious promotion. I stand by that.
It may not make sense to the religious. But atheism is indeed very different, it's not a belief system or a religion and it can't be false advertising unless it's Gnostic atheism, nor is promoting any ideology in any way. It supports no potentially harmful delusional beliefs without evidence, it supports no beliefs at all. It is not spouting delusional promotions everywhere, unlike religion. Religion is basically promoting delusion, and it's also very often, (at least potentially) harmful delusion at that. It's far worse than astrology and even that does harm from being delusional anti-science.
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