(September 14, 2010 at 8:27 pm)solja247 Wrote: Creationists and atheists have a lot in common:Here's the fucking difference: atheists don't assert absolute knowledge in a subject.
Most dont know what they are talking about. (For a creationist, it is science, for an atheist it is theology)
Both think the other side is wrong
Both think world would be better without X (For a creationist, evolution, for an atheist, God)
Both try to persuade people with ignoance (Refuting evolution is a prime example. The God Dellusion is another)
Both think they have truth
Both are asking the other side for 'evidence'
Both are asking the other side for unrealistic amount of evidence
Both of them complain about 'persecution' (Im not saying it doesnt)
Most of them try to show other people the 'light'
etc.
So whats the big difference?
All of your claims make it seem like atheism does have an assertion, we don't.