Believers, put yourself in my place.

[Neo-Scholastic]

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.

I do not "decide against" the idea of god. You're implying that believe in the existence of god is the default position and I just don't buy that for a second. I simply do not believe the claims made by religion because, honestly make no sense. I mean I could choose to go to church every sunday and read the bible, etc. etc. but that does not change the fact that the idea of god makes no sense to me. I cannot choose that it doesn't make sense - it simply doesn't make sense to my mind.

If you never told a child about any gods or religions I think they would be an atheist their whole life. Does that mean they are 'deciding against' god? No.

Please re-read my post carefully. It isn't about people who never thought about the issue. If the doctrines presented to you don't make sense, that is a judgment you have made based on your own reason and experience. People hear ideas and they decide if the ideas make sense or not. They are deliberately taking a stance either "I agree," or "I disagree," or "I don't know". That's a choice.