(December 24, 2014 at 9:08 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I disagree.
What you are talking about, let me presume, is supernatural entities in isolation. It is my experience that many atheists do this. They will accuse a theist of claiming the existence of a supernatural entity, when in actual fact the theist claims no such thing. Both atheist and theist, that I consider to be mentally stable anyway, hold the same belief stance on this. Neither can know.
Neither can know, you're right, but the theist puts his belief in something supernatural. God is by definition supernatural. And I presume, you wouldn't apply the same standards to believing in fairies or gobblins. We can't prove a negative, but we can't prove a positive either.
Hence emotional. It's not backed by facts. It's simply wishful thinking.