Coloradomtnman
Rational and proud of it.
atheism is for people who cannot grasp much exists beyond the verification of empirical data. in that sense, atheists are co-religionists to creationists: both depend of unverified faith.
Atheism is simply not convinced that there is a god or gods. It is not a foundation from which one's beliefs come, but an ongoing process of learning for which evidence either supports or is not directly applicable to the process. Faith is not applicable.
Creationism is a conclusion based on faith for which evidence is not applicable.
Faith is absolutely comparable for atheists and creationists, because their beliefs cannot be empirically verified or denied.
That is a misunderstanding. For some atheists who are dogmatic it may be true; however, atheism isn't the denial of a god or gods, its not being convinced through evidence that there is one. Its like this: I don't believe in the tooth fairy because evidence doesn't support that a tooth fairy exists. Were there to be evidence for the existence of the tooth fairy and it was veifiable, observable, and repeatable then I would be convinced and would therefore have confidence that the tooth fairy exists. Until such time, if there were, that new evidence contradicted the tooth fairy exists and then I would change my mind again were I convinced by that new evidence.