What is Atheism?

[Mister Agenda]

Perhaps the more accurate and least contestable term would be godless. But really, the motivation behind all the fuss is the contention that theists alone have any burden of proof. The conceit of many here is that atheism is some kind of benign ignorance. In point of fact, most are incredulous, have reasons for being incredulous, and avoid defending the beliefs behind their incredulity. When their objections to the best explanation (Classical theism) are revealed as irrelevant or incoherent AND their multitude of alternative explanations are shown to be weak and inadequate, they run away like petulant children shouting, "Yeah, but you cannot PROVE God exists!"

It must be really convenient for you to claim that you know what people's motivations are better than they do themselves. I can see the attraction, I could just say you really know you don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to your belief in God being rationally justified and that ultimately the real reason you believe is because you desperately want it to be true that you go to heaven when you die. And no matter what you say, I can always go back to asserting that your real motivation is that you desperately want not to die and will use any means you can think of to prop up your position to avoid confronting death being the end. Do you think it's fair that I make that my go-to from here on? After all, I might be right, and instead of dealing with your statements at face value, I can focus on your real motivation. And maybe add something about you running away like a petulant child shouting 'Yeah, but you cannot PROVE God doesn't exist!'

What do you think? Because you certainly seem to think it's legitimate discourse.