Reply #254: You really have to stop putting words in our mouths [View All]

[Az]

Its getting tiresome. I have faith in lots of things. My friends. My family. I even have faith that George and company will try to screw us over. But amongst the things I have no faith in is the notion of a god existing. I have none. I don't believe in god.

There are specific claims of god that I find relatively easy to refute. Perhaps this is where your confusion comes in. God in this society is not simply one claim. It is not the equivalent of saying I do not believe that Francis Ferdinand Farquot does not exist. That would be a specific individual (I seriosly hope he doesn't exist with a name like that).

God in our society has many different claims. Atheism encompasses all of them. But towards each one we can have different reasons for not believing. Some more concrete than others.

Now just stop putting words in our mouth and insisting that we have faith that god does not exist. You are just making yourself look silly.