Systematically Dismantling Atheism

[Whateverist]

I consider myself agnostic regarding the existence of gods for reasons similar to Asmodee. I find the definition of gods to be so inadequate as to allow for something inconsequential whose existence I would have no trouble conceding. I've even manufactured such a version myself. Of course I don't actually think of my version as a 'god' since that word adds nothing usefully descriptive. But when I talk to someone who seems intelligent and thoughtful yet remains enraptured with god belief I like to suppose it is my version of 'god' which animates their belief. They have merely dressed it up to fit in with some traditional folklore. No harm in that really, as long as they don't go imposing it on others. Of course some versions of god, like that of fundamentalist Christianity are badly divorced from what we know of the world and ourselves. Those who proclaim certainty in such a god are at least a little deranged.