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Originally posted by Melusine:
quote: Originally posted by Yorick:
I have never tried to say "You know God exists, you're just lying or insane" whereas an atheist by default says that to me.
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But we do have to keep in mind that there *are* Christians (or Muslims, or whatever) who do. They state God exists and people who say he doesn't are either lying or sadly deluded. They fall into the same category as atheists in this respect.
I agree that atheists ignore a possibilty which is there, and that they shouldn't do so, but the attitude you describe exists among the religious as well.[/QUOTE]Agreed. The problem in that case is with the individual, not the belief system.
However, the problem I have is with the atheistic belief system itself, not with the individual per se.