In article <37937ba6.22306595 at news.meganews.com>,
stoney at stoney.net (stoney) wrote:
> "M. McLeod" <mycloud at chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>> [>I missed that "atheism is a faith" bit the first time I looked.
Can't
> [>agree with you there. To have faith it has to be in something and an
> [>atheist believes in nothing. Therefore, while I may say atheism is a
> [>religion, I would have to disagree with how you have come to your
> [>conclusions.
> [>Nonetheless, it's still just playing with the language.
>> Yes, you are. Atheism is a lack of belief in deities, nothing more.
> The way you've got it phrased its like saying bald is a hair colour.
>> [>MM
>> Stoney
>Perhaps I am misunderstanding. From the posts here, I get the
impression that atheism is a strong belief that there are no dieties,
and that anyone who thinks the are, or might be is an idiot, moron or
somesuch.
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