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>>typically implies you cannot be both
>I acknowledged in a later post that yes you can be an 'agnostic atheist' but that is generally not how the term 'agnostic' is used, you're being pedantic. The rhetoric in this thread is also not convincing me anyone here is an agnostic atheist
>>go ahead and do the gymnastics required to assert people worship an idea of not believing something
>I don't need to - the fact there are dogmatic atheist institutions, groups, and public speakers proves it for me. Perhaps 'worship' is the incorrect term but you reverently do believe and support an idea. Reverently believing and supporting an idea is also hardly exclusive to religion.
>But even then, there are not entire organizations dedicated to the idea that Santa does not exist. Stop pushing this false equivalence
>>but we know when both were invented and by whom
>No, we do not know when belief in God(s) specifically arose
>The rest of this is also more dishonest comparison, 'Santa' in popular culture is a myth that derives from a real man named Saint Nick and it has quite literally never been a point of contention he does not exist. The existence of the Christian God was posited by dozens of writers, philosophers, and tribes throughout the ages for various reasons, often nonconcurrently (this does not mean God certainly exists, but rather to draw further difference between God and Santa), and we do not have verifiable evidence God does not exist, trust me, smarter people than you or I have tried both ways. Regardless of whether or not you believe in God this is an absolutely retarded attempt to draw a similarity,
>But at the end of the day - this isn't even about whether god exists or not, it was an attempt to open a dialogue on whether people are hardwired to worship/support higher powers even outside of religious contexts. I suppose that was too nuanced and nonconfrontational for your intellectual brain, though
