Ryan Ginstrom wrote:

> "Brett Robson" <deep_m_m@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cmmmk3$qas$1@nnrp.gol.com...
> 
>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How is atheism any less based on faith and therefore any less
> 
> ridiculous?
> 
>>It's quite cute hearing religious people desperately trying to
>>equate atheism with religion by using terms such as faith.
> 
> 
> Actually, I agree that the active disbelief in any sort of deity is based on
> faith. It must be faith, unless the negative -- no deity exists -- can be
> proved. It does not require faith to assume no deity exists as the null
> hypothesis, but to *believe* this to be the case requires faith.

What a warped piece of logic. I also believe that leprechauns don't 
throw parties in the refrigerator after I close the door, only to 
disappear the moment I open it. Does that require faith as well?

KWW