Recent content by newpolitics

Theism is not a religion. Therefore, Atheism is not a religion. End of story. To say it is, is special pleading. I am not original, even on this thread, in making this point, but it is the most important and poignant point in defeating your vapid assertion about atheism as a religion.

200 years ago, according to the surpreme court, slavery was moral. Since when does the Supreme court write dictionaries? Do they decide on every other word you use? No. They are not Miriam-Webster, and this constitues an appeal to improper authority, since their reasons for defining atheism...

The christians' need to peg atheism as a religion is the reason this thread has gone on so long, despite it being semantically unjustified.

Atheism is not a religion. That is definitional fact.

Essentially, I agree with you, that due to the nature of the claim of the existence of a metaphysical being that is So you admit you have nothing. Just a belief.

You are talking about an abstraction (a memory of a lover and the ensuing emotional reaction associated with it). I can easily draw an ontological distinction between this type of claim to and a concrete claim, or a claim about something that exists in objective reality.

You take issue with asking that people support their own claims?

I can see the sun. I can feel the sun. We can study the sun, its workings, its formation, and its effect on the solar system. Citing complexity is a horrible argument, as there is no standard you have that objectively demonstrates that a creator is required.

I'm not looking for evidence either, since I don't need to assert a counter-claim for your positive claim to fall short. There is not a flaw in the use logic, reason, and evidence. This is how all claims are examined, and your wish to be exempt because of the nature of your claim, is simply...

I don't care what you believe, just what you attempt to argue, so don't act like a POSSIBLE assumption of mine about your theological disposition makes my counter-argument any less valid. It is only rational to assume you are theistic when you insult atheists, unless you are a theological...

What does the deification of the state in the context of communism, have to do with more generic atheism (not affiliated with a communist movement) being evangelical? I don't think you have much of an argument here. You don't even have an argument within the context of historic communist states...

That's even easier to show, and I'm pretty sure you already did it by simply posting the definition of a religion in the OP. Can't believe this thread has gone on so long.

Title is pretty self-explanatory. Go. The Cosmological argument fails. The kalam fails. The ontological argument fails. The modal ontological argument only proves the possibility of god, by virtue of modal logic and axiom S5. The teleological argument fails. The transcendental argument fails...

I went down to New Orleans to rebuild houses with Habitat for Humanity (which is a secular organization), and I am an atheist, you asshat

No theist has produced a sound and valid syllogism for god's existence, and as long as that is the case, atheism if justified. Saying atheism is a faith is begging the question, because it presumes that your conclusions are true without showing them to be. Atheism is not even close to faith, as...