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Old 10-20-2008, 08:27 PM   #103
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So you think that being an atheist requires some level of faith? Isn't that a knock against atheism, considering it is supposedly against the basic tenet of religion....faith?
Did you not read my posts? Any response to your question would just be regurgitating what I just posted.

Really, it's an argument that falls apart on both sides because of issues with semantics, as Jammies said.

Really, there don't exist "knocks" against atheism that don't exist also for religion. And there are myriad knocks against religion that don't exist for atheism.

Explanation A has problem C.
Explanation B has problems C, D, E, F, G, H, I...

Therefore we conclude explanation A (atheism) is the best.
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