I can't remember who said it but:

"Atheism is a Religion in the same way that 'bald' is a hair-colour"

Religion is the root of all that is Evil

Except Stalin's communism... naturally.. which was fairly anti-religion in it's totality.

Perhaps it's a good time to (mis)quote something here:



I forget the source, which is terrible of me :(

I'm sorry to bump this old thread up, but I'm new to the forums and there's not many new topics going on so ...

As far as I've understood it (with the help of Richard Dawkins, but I've taken some liberties). There's:

1. Fundamentalists - those who believe in their holy book as the source of all knowledge, undeniably. There is no room for discussion or possibility otherwise. Their minds are (usually) eternally made up.

2. Moderates - those who believe the tenets, but believe the holy book is merely a guideline for behavior.

3. Agnostics - those who do not commit to the idea of (or lack of) God, either way. Empirical evidence is lacking (or they just don't think about it) so they're withholding judgment.

4. Atheists - (Dawkins said the following for Agnostics) those who hold to the idea that, based on a lack of empirical evidence and the weight of what is most probable, there likely is no God.

5. Anti-theists - (Dawkins said the following for atheists, but George Carlin was an Anti-theist, so I made adjustments) just as bad as the fundamentalists. They believe, without doubt that there is no God, there is no room for discussion or possibility because the decision has been made to them already.

truer words...

Hear, hear!