[ExI] Tolerance

jameschoate at austin.rr.com jameschoate at austin.rr.com
Thu Dec 10 18:02:26 UTC 2009


---- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote: 
> On 12/10/2009 9:44 AM, jameschoate at austin.rr.com wrote:
> 
> > ---- Ben Zaiboc:
> >> >  Wishes people would stop thinking that atheism is just another religion.
> 
> > Ben is seriously confused on this point, and he's not alone.
> 
> Yes, because surely it's obvious that not believing in unicorns is just 
> another way of believing in unicorns. Oh, wait.

You, and most others, confuse two different things here. The issue is 'faith' not unicorns. Whether the unicorns exist is irrelevant to the question of faith.

http://www.waythingsare.com/news/what/religion/a-pantheist-s-manifesto.htm

Atheism, like science, are religions and philosophies. The only difference is the axioms you put your faith in.

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