(April 20, 2015 at 1:27 pm)robvalue Wrote: Strictly speaking you don't have to defend atheism at all. You may not even know why you reject the claim, it just feels like it's false. I'm not saying this is common, I'm just being a pointless anal little turd that gets kicked out the car a quarter of the way through the journey.
Gotta be yourself.
Unfortunately we do. The word would not exist at all if people did not believe, but since it does atheist is the counter to theism. And as long as humans stupidly demonize a word that merely means "off" or "empty" those who hold that position will have to deal with theists.
Silence is not an option considering that our planet is being used as a giant pissing contest between fans of sky heros.