So do you understand why I would group your set of beliefs on divinity in the same category as other sets of beliefs on the subject?

I understand what you are saying and I'm telling you that you are patently wrong. Atheist has a very simple meaning. The only thing it tells you is that the person does not believe in any gods. Are you aware that there are Buddhist atheists? The Buddhist part is essential to knowing what their belief system might be. In my case, if you were to ask of my belief system, I would tell you that it most closely aligns with secular humanism. Without that piece of information, the only thing you know about me is that I don't believe in any gods. You might also find it interesting to know that I was the president of a church - as an 'out' atheist. Saying that atheism is a religion is like saying that bald is a hair color. They may often be proximal, but they are very distinct things.

You may well be delusional, but I have absolutely no reason to be offended. That would be silly.

That’s agnosticism.

There is an element of agnosticism involved, but they are separate. Atheist simply means that one does not believe in any gods. Agnosticism/Gnosticism would be a statement about certainty any god(s) existing or not existing. One could be a theist and agnostic.

Without actual evidence, I don't believe anyone go claims to be gnostic regardless of whether they are theist or atheist.

But you also positively assert all known God’s don’t exist?

I positively assert that I do not believe in any of the thousands of possible gods that have been proposed as none of them have compelling evidence.

I further assert that I'm not that different from the vast majority of theists (those who believe in one or more gods). The theist has some set of gods that they believe exist and that all of the other possibilities do not exist. I just take a step further and don't believe their god(s) exist, either.

So you believe that any potential deity is fundamentally unknowable by humans?

No. I don't try to make any kind of super-natural claims. I only state that I have seen no compelling evidence that any gods exist and therefore I do not believe in them. Could a god exist, including with unknown evidence, that hasn't been discovered? Sure... science makes new discoveries all of the time. My expectation, even then, is that it will simply be something sufficiently advanced and/or obscure that we just don't recognize it. I would remain very skeptical of any attempts to describe it as super-natural.

Make you a deal... he can have it built if he is entombed there while still alive. Thirty days after death it gets torn down and a lone thistle bush gets planted.

I’ve heard Christians say it’s “not a religion, it’s a relationship”

I've heard Christians say a lot of stupid shit... that's not an argument for or against anything.

Even in the context of made-up religions, pastafarianism and Cthulu cultism are sill religions. Atheism is not, in any way whatever, a religion. It's like calling a lilly-pad a fish.

LoL

Kansas: Who's Ann Coulter?

They only have so many parking lots to store them on...

I think you meant “for being awful people”.

I stated it weirdly, but you got the intent.

I won’t deny that American conservatism protects pedophiles. But you equated conservatism with committing direct molestation of a child, which was a goalpost move.

No, I stated that people allow pedophilia to continue out of deference to keeping the peace within the family. I did not say maga == pedophiles. Refusing to have difficult conversations with family members to hold them accountable allows the bad behavior to continue without challenge or consequence.

it’s just a bunch of people being bad drivers with some lazy rationales. It’s just not a good joke

At least we agree on that much.

atheism is a positive assertion on unknowable aspects of existence

No, not at all. Atheism just means that a person doesn't believe in any gods. I'm positive that I don't believe in any of the current possible gods. I remain open to evidence of an undiscovered god. I'm not positive that there are no gods.

How can your assert a grad student named Kyle didn’t spark the big bang

I'm not the one making the assertion, so I have no obligation to prove or disprove it any way. If someone wants me to believe that is true, then they need to provide evidence. Otherwise, it's just a fanciful claim indistinguishable from any child's imaginary friend.

Derp

It's still problematic, though, so you completely missed the point.