(November 1, 2014 at 4:27 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: Atheism is a faith. It is the faith in humanity. Without it you'd lose any and all hope for humanity.
You might be talking about Secular Humanism. Not atheism.
But even then, I would not call Secular Humanism a 'faith'. At least not in the same way theists use the word.
Atheism is simply the disbelief in the existence of gods. No faith necessary.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
