Nature's Laws

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2: Most atheists do believe there is no God, and this is evidenced wherever atheists are. Whenever atheists ridicule the concept of God, which is all the time, it belies their position that they actively believe there are none. What they say is another matter because they are just trying to have their cake and eat it: ridicule God without wearing a burden of proof.

I believe that there are no gods.  None.  I believe this in the same way that I believe that there are no leprechauns, or tooth fairies, or loch ness monsters, and so on.  Which is to say that I use the same approach that theists use for everything except god(s).  Or more specifically, for everything including god(s) which aren't their specific god(s).

The whole issue of definitions and burden of proof would be moot if theists could ever produce even a single god, but so far the best we get is book after book of ancient urban legends, and moldy stains on a window that look like the virgin Mary.  Which isn't much different from the evidence we have for the existence of fairies and bigfoot and other things that even theists dismiss out of hand.