Can atheists convert theists?

[Edwardo Piet]

Classifying myself as an atheist implies too much knowledge of the God in question

If I called myself an atheist alone, then that implies that I accept the baseless definition (well, based on assumptions, but it has no basis in reality).

You can accept any definition you like without actually claiming any knowledge that the thing defined actually exists.

When someone presents the traditional definition of God and asks if I believe in it, I say no, just like you.

So you are an atheist in the same sense I am. You reject the existence of the traditional "God" and therefore are traditionally an atheist.

I leave it to the believers to drag out the absurdities before rejecting them automatically.

Which is not a factual matter. So where am I assuming knowledge of something I don't actually believe in which would in fact make me a theist?

Yes, I could, as you say, keep rejecting an infinite amount of Gods. Still, it is up to the person claiming there is a God first of all provide an ontological proof, and second of all to demonstrate how they derived God's attributes.

Well that's a choice. The burden of proof is on those who make a claim... but there's nothing to say that atheists can't choose to simply listen to the God definition given and then disbelieve it. Or, go by the traditional usual definition and disbelieve it.

All this talk of guessing definitions.... I know exactly what God I don't believe in that makes me an atheist. And that is any God whatsoever that fits into the category of a supernatural creator of the universe and a deity.

The fact of the matter is, language is limiting, by its very nature of applying words to represent things and concepts. It is futile to reject "God" outright

I don't. I am not a strong gnostic atheist. I just disbelieve in the existence of God due to being unconvinced due to lack of evidence. It's very simple.

because there isn't even a reason to consider it--the definition is based upon nothing more than blind assumptions (in this case, a blind assumption by the masses).

Of course its built on blind assumptions which is why I don't believe in God. If it actually had any evidence to support it I'd believe.

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