Man created the gods, why do we believe God created man?

Irrelevant.

Atheism is of course a religion. It is recognized as such by the U.S. government. It has its own websites and everything. But it isn't a religion for that reason. It is a religion because it requires as much faith to disbelieve in an experience claimed by hundreds of millions as it does for those hundreds of millions to accept some of the doctrines explaining what they have experienced. Further Atheists promote their religion, defend it, profess doctrines to support it, and, if you go by the fervor by which they promote it, they proselyze and evangelize like crazy.

Atheism, by definition, is the absence of theism.

Middle French athéisme, from athée atheist (from Greek atheos godless, not believing in the existence of gods, from a- 2a- + theos god) + -isme -ism -

If God didn't create everything then women are meaningless...

To say that 'there is not a shred of evidence that a god exists' flies in the face of hundreds of millions (conservative estimate) who testify that they have experienced God by whatever name...

It is as unsupportable for the Atheist to proclaim that the religious are all delusional as it is for the religious to proclaim that the Atheists are all going to hell...

Well, however, since Atheism is of course a religion ...

Foxfyre wrote:

Atheism is of course a religion. It is recognized as such by the U.S. government. It has its own websites and everything. But it isn't a religion for that reason. It is a religion because it requires as much faith to disbelieve in an experience claimed by hundreds of millions as it does for those hundreds of millions to accept some of the doctrines explaining what they have experienced. Further Atheists promote their religion, defend it, profess doctrines to support it, and, if you go by the fervor by which they promote it, they proselyze and evangelize like crazy.

Atheism, by definition, is the absence of theism. If you are not a theist, then you are an atheist.


I wonder that no-one in the U.S. government knew this - but perhaps they only speak English ... Oh, and do you have a link that atheism is recognised as a religion in the USA, Foxfyre?


And, honestly, you logic is .... well, a bit full of wonders: Atheists promote their religion and therefor it is a religion ... they have their own webside and therefor it is a religion .... the U.S. government [again my question: where? when? why?] recognises it as religion ...

At a famous gig where Darwin unfurled his theory to a packed house in a college the smelling salts were passed around and some ladies actually fainted.

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It is as unsupportable for the Atheist to proclaim that the religious are all delusional as it is for the religious to proclaim that the Atheists are all going to hell...

Maybe, but the evidence suggests that. At least assuming that all atheists believe in evolution; there might be exceptions for atheists who never spent the time to try to figure evolution out...

What I mean is, that evolution is so colossally idiotic on so many levels that it appears to have been set up as a test to weed out everybody who nobody with any brains or talent at all could possibly feel sorry for.

Walter Hinteler wrote:

Foxfyre wrote:

Atheism is of course a religion. It is recognized as such by the U.S. government. It has its own websites and everything. But it isn't a religion for that reason. It is a religion because it requires as much faith to disbelieve in an experience claimed by hundreds of millions as it does for those hundreds of millions to accept some of the doctrines explaining what they have experienced. Further Atheists promote their religion, defend it, profess doctrines to support it, and, if you go by the fervor by which they promote it, they proselyze and evangelize like crazy.

Atheism, by definition, is the absence of theism. If you are not a theist, then you are an atheist.


I wonder that no-one in the U.S. government knew this - but perhaps they only speak English ... Oh, and do you have a link that atheism is recognised as a religion in the USA, Foxfyre?


And, honestly, you logic is .... well, a bit full of wonders: Atheists promote their religion and therefor it is a religion ... they have their own webside and therefor it is a religion .... the U.S. government [again my question: where? when? why?] recognises it as religion ...

Here ya go Walter

Atheism is a religion
http://catholicexchange.com/2005/08/26/96300/

A recent court case:
http://www.atheist-community.org/library/articles/read.php?id=742

And here no Christian denomination or congregation offers a website with more passionate advocacy for the tenets of its religious beliefs:
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/court36.htm
(Click on the Atheism tab for its explanation of itself as a recognized religion)

It should be noted that religion has not required a belief in God or gods since our founders first debated the First Amendment. Their position was that a person who believes in no god is every bit as protected by First Amendment religious rights as one who professes faith in God. Otherwise Buddhists, among others, would be denied protection under the law. Does anyone wish to venture an opinion that Buddhism is not a religion?

And my views brand me as idiotic by the ...the Atheist...and heretical by the Christians...

Here ya go Walter

Atheism is a religion
http://catholicexchange.com/2005/08/26/96300/

A recent court case:
http://www.atheist-community.org/library/articles/read.php?id=742

And here no Christian denomination or congregation offers a website with more passionate advocacy for the tenets of its religious beliefs:
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/court36.htm
(Click on the Atheism tab for its explanation of itself as a recognized religion)

It should be noted that religion has not required a belief in God or gods since our founders first debated the First Amendment. Their position was that a person who believes in no god is every bit as protected by First Amendment religious rights as one who professes faith in God. Otherwise Buddhists, among others, would be denied protection under the law. Does anyone wish to venture an opinion that Buddhism is not a religion?

....but then my view of evolution as well as origins of the universe also include Intelligent Design that I call God.