[ExI] Atheism again

[Giulio Prisco]

The religion of atheism claims to have the important fact, established
without doubt, that an omnipotent omniscient being who created the universe
doesn't exist. Therefore it qualifies as a religion according to your
definition.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:09 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:43 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> *> I find that the religion of atheism* [...]
>
>
> By "religion" I mean an organization that claims to have important facts
> about an omnipotent omniscient being who created the universe, so I can't
> say anything specific about what you say in the above because I'm not
> familiar with that religion.
>
>
>>
>>
>> * > everyone has horror stories to tell about how someone in their family
>> was violently harassed (I am talking of real harassment, sticks and stones,
>> not words) by a state atheist regime for wearing a cross or going to
>> church.*
>>
>
> I grant you that one religion persecuting another religion is very very
> far from rare, in fact it's pretty much the norm, but logically it would be
> premature to jump to the conclusion that if organization X persecutes
> religion Y then organization X must be a religion. Eating shit will almost
> always cause somebody to vomit, but if somebody is vomiting that doesn't
> prove they've eaten shit.
>
>  John K Clark
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