(February 21, 2015 at 11:56 am)robvalue Wrote: Hello welcome
Being atheist does not mean saying there is no god, it's saying there is no good reason to believe there is a god.
Don't conflate the motivation with the position. If you don't believe gods exist, you are an atheist, regardless of whether you think there are good reasons to believe.
Consider Alvin Plantinga, who claims he couldn't disbelieve even if god's nonexistence were proven. He'd be a theist, but he wouldn't be saying there's reason to believe in gods.