Books regarding atheism

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Admitting that atheism is simply a lack of belief would destroy a lot of his other arguments.

Atheism is a lack of belief among stones and lizards.

If you are a grown-up human being who has heard and rejected religious claims, it is something more than a lack.

You can scream and shout this from the rooftops for a long as you like, but does that make it true?

How do you figure that atheism is a belief?

From Wikipedia:

"Atheism is, in the broadest sense, an absence of belief in the existence of deities."

Now, within this broad range of individuals, there may be some specific people who choose to say "I know there is no such thing as god." At that point, you could argue that they hold a positive belief. But if you say "theres a god" and I say, "until i see evidence, i see no reason to agree with you," that is you having failed to convince me. the burden of proof rests on he or she who made the claim.

Maybe I still consider that you could be right, but i dont know one way or the other.

After all, arent you the perpetual fence-sitter, forever saying its okay to admit "i dont know?"