My view and reasons for them. Atheist and Christians welcome here. (short)

[ignoramus]

Sorry, late to the party here, Quick, I'm sure someone has brought up unicorns or leprechauns or something like that in the thread right? So is nonbelief in unicorns some kind of belief in-and-of-itself? Or is it simply a lack of belief in unicorns? Is not playing soccer a sport?

I don't think belief or lack of belief in unicorns is the same sort of thing here. I think we are talking about a MAJOR difference in perspective that has affected the humans on the earth for a very long time (Israel going to war against those who don't believe the same thing for instance). When we are talking about a belief or lack of belief in something that has been so influential to humans it's not the same ball game, it's not even the same fucking sport (Pulp Fiction reference, just because I can).

Sorry Quick. I beg to differ. They are exactly the same. Don't be fooled into thinking that just because it's had a huge impact on the world, that the core proponents of the belief must be true. Otherwise you'll need to agree that Allah is true, and all the other deaths and wars fought over different Gods...
That's just the "Argumentum ad populum" fallacy... The Fallacy of Popularity. If something is popular, it must be good/true. Wrong!

80% of the world is religious. But they believe in many Gods. They can't all be real, can they? But they can all be false.