Religion: one or more social systems whose participants avow belief in a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.
Atheism, being
without gods, have no supernatural agency. It would seem that kewl skill is having difficultly reconciling the lack of logic behind his mythologies (like the "war in heaven") and can only point his finger at those that think clearly and say, "your just a bunch of believers, too!"
And, for the record, kewl skill did assert that atheism was on the decline. He quickly backpedaled and edited his post. I can't blame him, since its painfully obvious to anyone that this simply isn't the case.
@illuminatingtherapy and kewl skill - there still exists the assertion that atheists proselytize more than any religious group. kewl skill promised data; illuminatingtherapy made a random quote that wasn't even related to the assertion.
Where are the data?
illuminatingtherapy said:
So make a thread about it instead of attacking anyone saying they believe in God or something.
I'm attacking people who make wild and unfounded claims that they assert as fact. It doesn't matter to me if they're religious-nutters or ufo-nutters. If a theist doesn't like the voice of reason posting in his/her thread, they can find any number of theist only sites where they can pat themselves on the back and call each other "brother," etc.
Very clearly, the religious nutters that post in sciforums do so
knowing that there are far more atheists and agnostics here than in most other places on the net. Whether they crave the abuse or they seek only a place to sharpen their debating swords, the one thing about the religious sub-forum of sciforums is that is very clear, is that anyone making a wild-ass claim about any paranormal/supernatural bullshit is going to get called on it.
This expectation that, somehow,
religion should be immune from inquiry and ridicule is preposterous. Religion deserves the same inquiry and criticism that claims of ESP, remote viewing, alien-abductions, and psychics get -perhaps more so, since it affects so many more people and has the potential to generate people willing to die for their beliefs in the extreme and people willing to do what it takes to codify their doctrines in government policy.