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Thread #150071   Message #3547850
Posted By: Steve Shaw
11-Aug-13 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion
Subject: RE: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion
It doesn't matter how horrid you think religions have been in controlling people's minds (and they have). That isn't evidence that God doesn't exist. I don't know whether God exists. That's as honest as I can be about it. Dawkins doesn't know either - he says as much. You say you're convinced there's no God. Well I could say that as well, and I live my life that way, but I can't be 100% convinced because the evidence against him, whilst extremely powerful, is not 100% conclusive, and never can be. If we want to use the word "atheist" at all, then I don't think you can really be "more atheist" than me! I try not to get too hung up over the word. 'Tain't a good characterisation of us, but at least we sort of know what we're talking about when we use it.