05-07-2009, 11:35 PM
OnBendedKnee Wrote:SyberBitch, If I were to tell you I believe in the story of Jack and the Beanstock and you listened and stated you do not I would not think of you as fanatical.First of all, it's beanSTALK (beanstock would be soup)
Second, you're comparing apples to oranges. I don't think that many atheists are fanatics because they don't believe in god, I think they are fanatics because they RABIDLY don't believe in any higher power.
Quote:It is up to the person stating beliefs that requires faith to step up and offer proof, not the other way around. Stating atheism is even a belief is like stating bald is a hair color.Lack of belief is still 'belief' that they (the person in question) think they are correct. Do not confuse 'belief' with 'religion'.
Quote:It just isn't so. The disbelief in and of itself is not required to be proven.It is if that person is arguing against the existence of something, such as fundamentalists who 'disbelieve' in evolution.
In this case, I am arguing that atheists and fundamentalists share the same sort of dogmatic mindset... and I'm being damned dogmatic about it myself.