Quote:Belief and knowledge are different things.
Not to most of the dropkick believers we get here. They actually say things like "I KNOW there is a God", then get their knickers all out of focus when anyone demands they prove that claim.
Quote: An atheist is not someone who knows there is no evidence for God and no rational argument either.
Not quite;this atheist asserts only "there is no credible evidence for the existence of god. [ of which I am aware] I make no claims. To assert "I know" is to make a positive claim,which attracts the burden of proof.
That believers and their religions are in principe irrational,crazy or stupid is a common atheist conceit and ad hominem unsupported by the evidence.
Any competent apologist or theologian can present rational,logically valid arguments for their beliefs . However,logic does not guarantee truth. A valid logical inference is true if and only if the premise is true. What no theologian or apologist has yet presented is credible evidence or proof of any of their religious claims.
