We're really doing this again?
QuoteIs it wrong though? One of the several definitions of religion is "a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance." I would say this applies to militant atheists.
That's an awful definition. It's so loose it has no utility. By this definition, everything is a Religion as long as someone believes in it enough.
Quote"a particular system of faith and worship." Now, sans the worship, atheism could work here. Atheists have just as much faith that a supreme being doesn't exist as Christians do.
This is a much better definition, but it still doesn't apply here. Atheism is based on a lack of belief. Faith, at least in this context, is belief without evidence, or the belief in things we cannot see and demonstrate. You cannot have faith that you're not sure. You cannot 'believe' and 'doubt' all at once.
QuoteWhen it comes down to it, it is faith. There is no proof of the existence of a man in the sky, but also there isn't any proof there isn't. And it is faith that makes you believe in something that can't be proven.
You don't prove a negative. Stop moving the burden of proof. It's not on the Atheist to prove that God does not exist, because that's impossible. It is on the Theist to prove that God does exist. Going 'Well, YOU have faith to" is silly.
