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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. If we are to extrapolate from fifteen pages of comments from posters claiming to be atheists, their reasons for posting on DCUM (to address the actual question) would seem to be that most derive a sense of moral and intellectual superiority about their place in the world, and perhaps secondarily that it seems to assuage their sense of anxiety and insecurity that a Christian nationalist-fueled political movement has given them.

What they are unwilling or unable to accept or, perhaps, comprehend, is that only some people of faith have an interest in proselytizing. Only some people of faith have an interest in translating a set of practices that are nominally rooted in that faith on others. And that private revelation, which can form much of the experiential basis of belief for many people of faith, is not something that most wish to share.

The people of faith on this thread do not seem to be offended by atheism, for the most part.

Ironically, it is the atheists who seem to be the most ardent proselytizers. And that is why this subset of them posts on DCUM.[/quote]

You really think “get TF out of my uterus” is proselytizing? Interesting. 
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+1. I’m pretty sure that atheists are asking to be left the f alone. Not sure why that’s so hard to understand.

Also it is so disingenuous to say that the religious people in this thread aren’t offended by atheism. What else motivates religious posters to pick fights like this?[/quote]

I think that some religious posters want to prove (or at least show) that atheists are wrong about religion, then get frustrated when they can't.[/quote]

Au contraire - most mainstream religious posters appear to have sought to explain why religion and science are not necessarily in conflict .

They also get frustrated when ontological experiences and cultural practices are reduced to ridiculous oversimplifications and they are held responsible for all the problems in the world. There would not even be western science without the evolution of theological logic.

Religious beliefs and practices (including atheism) cannot be validated or invalidated by the scientific method. That does not mean they do not have deep value to many people.  [/quote]

I could correct nearly every line of your post but i will limit this to the most important one:

Atheism is not a religious practice.  It is the state of an absence of one.

[b]Just as not collecting stamps is not a hobby.[/b][b][/quote]

That last line reflects your myopic world view. For many people, including my grandfather, stamp collecting is a hobby. Just because you do not share their interest or enthusiasm does not negate its value to others. [/quote]

Strawman.  We’re talking about your definition of atheism as a religious practice, not the value of it.

Are you claiming not collecting stamps is, in fact, a hobby?

Then nor is atheism a religious practice.[/quote]

From a philosophical perspective, one could use the scientific method to prove whether someone collects stamps or not. The same is not true for proving the existence or non existence of God, which is metaphysical .[/quote]

Again, you are purposefully misrepresenting the question, which I request you answer:

Is not collecting stamps a hobby?[/quote]

If someone dedicates themselves to not collecting stamps than it is arguably a hobby. But that is beside the epistemological point. Collecting or not collecting stamps can be proven by employing the scientific method of empirical observation. The validity of believing or not believing in the existence of God cannot be proven via the scientific method. Therefore atheism is also a faith based belief. 
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