(March 6, 2017 at 12:46 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote:(March 6, 2017 at 12:35 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I think to say "there is no god" implies you know just what they mean and in fact have sufficient evidence to establish it isn't true. I don't know just what they are claiming this god-thing is so I don't know how one would know if it does or doesn't exist. So I don't make any claims at all about gods, but that doesn't stop me from reporting on my beliefs. No I don't believe in 'x' whatever they think this may be.
I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense to me. It sounds like you are saying you don't know if gods really exist but then turn around and say they don't. I'm not criticizing I just don't understand. To me it's very black and white- either gods exists or they don't. I say they don't so I'm an atheist. I have no belief in them and when reworded I lack a belief in them.
It's a word game about burden of proof. Atheist think that if it's simply a "lack of belief", they don't shoulder any intellectual burden of proof for their belief.
With that logic, babies are atheists because they "lack a belief". The fact is, all atheists have an opinion on whether any god exists or not.
