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Atheism is based on faith.

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Submitted by Ophios on July 9, 2007 - 5:54pm.

I think the next time someone uses the "Atheism is based on faith, because you do not know everything." someone should point out that "Atheism isn't knowing, it's belief. I think you are talking about agnostic/gnostic, not atheism/theism."

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I dunno.  The difference

Submitted by Hambydammit on July 9, 2007 - 5:59pm.

I dunno.  The difference between colloquial faith and religious faith isn't that hard to explain or understand.

Religious: Belief despite lack of evidence or evidence to the contrary

Colloquial: Belief because of evidence.

Examples:

Religious: "I have faith that god exists.  I don't need proof."

Colloquial: "I have faith that this chair will hold me up when I sit down."

Clearly, I've sat in chairs before and have good, empirical evidence.

I don't know that going to belief or knowledge is anything other than a distraction from the core fallacy.

 

Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin

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