[split]Atheism is based of ignorance.

[Cheerful Charlie]

[1] Is atheism a religion? Very well, then, it's the only true religion. With strong religion, certainty as regards the omni-everything gods of Christianity,Islam et al is pretty easy.


[2] Actually, I am not religious, you like word games it seems. If I am sure about anything based on logic, I am religious? No, I am simply sure based on evidence about my lack of religion. [3] Now, how much evidence do you want that the God of Christianity and Islam are logically impossible? See my answer to Vinny above, omnigenesis.

[1] No, atheism isn't a religion, but neither does atheism "prove anything". It certainly doesn't provide you with any special source of certainty

[2] Not really but I do like to see language used with precision.

[3] I'm not aware of any evidence that the God of Christianity doesn't exist. How could one hope for any 'evidence' concerning something so poorly defined?

Of course you can make an argument given certain interpretations of what the qualities of that Christian 'god' are alleged to be. But who really can say authoritatively what those qualities really are? If you really think it's nonsense, why waste your breath?

It is important that when a dangerous idea can be debunked, to debunk it. Religion does too much damage to allow it a free ride.

The Chrisian and Islamic Gods, creator, omni-everything Gods are defined well enough to debunk. They have some broad definitions, defined by revelation, Bible, Quran etc that are self contradictory and logically impossible. Its not that hard to disprove. For Christians, these basic revelations are definitive.
As a Christian, one can abandon revelation, but that doesn't make the basic logically impossible defined attributes in the revealed books go away. Either these nooks are true revelations or not. When, to avoid these logical proofs religious believers start abandoning supposed revelation to avoid debunking, we can deny all of their supposed revelations, and that dooms their God.

My language here is written with exquisite precision, most purposefully.

If God as defined does not exist that proves rather a lot, doesn't it? And some of the strong atheism proofs i have offered not only work, but make naturalism as proven a concept as one can logically prove as a byproduct of demonstration of God's nonexistence. Read my essay, Strong Atheism - Super-omniscience as an example. By carefully examining the problem of the nature of God and the nature of omnipotence, naturalism is proven. That seems to me to matter. Rather a lot actually. Certainty is possible in some cases.

And still atheism is not a religion. despite word games to the contrary.


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