"...even those who call themselves atheists won’t opine that God doesn’t exist"
There's no need to opine that gods don't exist.
1. there's no proof that gods exist (otherwise we'd all be theists)
2. there's no proof that gods don't exist (they might be lurking around a mountain-top somewhere)
3. gods are unnecessary, and postulating their existence explains nothing (it merely explains everything away)
4. therefore i have no gods (i'm an agnostic atheist)
Gnostic theists need atheists to make the direct claim that gods don't exist, as the atheist then incurs a burden of proof... but why do that when there is no need to do so? Atheists aren't here to be convenient for theists, and unnecessarily incurring such a burden simply allows gnostic theists to mask their own inability to carry the burden of proof for their own claims.
There's no need to opine that gods don't exist.
1. there's no proof that gods exist (otherwise we'd all be theists)
2. there's no proof that gods don't exist (they might be lurking around a mountain-top somewhere)
3. gods are unnecessary, and postulating their existence explains nothing (it merely explains everything away)
4. therefore i have no gods (i'm an agnostic atheist)
Gnostic theists need atheists to make the direct claim that gods don't exist, as the atheist then incurs a burden of proof... but why do that when there is no need to do so? Atheists aren't here to be convenient for theists, and unnecessarily incurring such a burden simply allows gnostic theists to mask their own inability to carry the burden of proof for their own claims.