Atheism

[Simon Moon]

Let me repeat this one more time .WERE NOT ASSERTING THEIR WRONG !. Only that they case for belief sucks. And their supposed evidence simply is not .

It really us that simple. I thought my courtroom analogy would help, but sadly it did not.

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So, lets sat I reject the evidence presented by the prosecution for the man's guilt. I can still find him not guilty, but I am not asserting he is innocent.

As a juror, I am tasked to either vote guilty or not guilty. I am not tasked to vote guilty or innocent.

You are making a judgement on the quality of evidence and registering that conclusion. Presumably you have reasons why you don't think they are conclusive of guilt. Any reasoning and conclusions are not simply a "lack of belief" as to the question. You made a series of conclusions and believe those conclusions to be true.

Yes, I am making judgements on the evidence that it is not sufficient to prove the defendant guilty. I lack belief that the defendant is guilty. This does not mean that I believe the defendant is innocent. It means that the prosecutor's case failed to meet its burden of proof.

I may believe the defendant is innocent, but that is a different prong of the dilemma. And, just like the defense does not have to prove his client innocent in a court, I do not have to defend the position that I believe gods do not exist in a debate.