(November 22, 2016 at 12:19 pm)operator Wrote: I think one can choose to believe in something despite a complete lack of evidence for that something. But I don't think one can choose disbelief.
Sure you can. It's like shopping for shoes and deciding not to buy a pair. In this case we are talking about someone who is reflecting on the proposition "Is there a god?" At that point there's no returning to some default state of benign ignorance. He or she must either weight the pros & cons or not bother. To answer in the negative is to decide against it.