Is it a good idea to be an atheist?

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No. You are building a strawman of atheism. You're telling us our position, and you have it wrong. Please learn what it is first.

Atheism does not make any claims.

Atheism is not the position that there is no God. It is the lack of belief in the claim that there is a god. It's not the same thing, I go into detail on my website if you are interested (link in signature).

I am a logical person. I don't accept any claim unless there is good reason to do so. I see no good reason to accept any God claim, because I've seen no credible evidence that such a thing exists, or even could exist.

I'm not saying there is no God, so I can't be wrong. I'm making no claim of my own.

Being an atheist, for me, is the natural conclusion of scepticism and nothing more. I don't believe someone who says they have a dragon in their garage and then refuses to give me any evidence either. Again, I have no need to claim that they don't have a dragon. I only need entertain claims which are backed up with reason and evidence.

So to sum up, I reject the claim due to lack of evidence.