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There are a number of clichés I just can’t handle. This is especially true in the realm of religion, on both ends of the spectrum, fundie and “new atheist”. Today I’m griping about the “New Atheists’ definition of faith“.
Faith is merely belief without evidence; a process of active non-thinking.
That definition is nonsense. Religious people do [...]

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From wiktionary:

hyperbole (Noun, plural hyperboles)

(uncountable) Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
(uncountable) Deliberate exaggeration.
(countable) An instance or example of this technique.
(countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.

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