(May 22, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Freedom4me Wrote: The unstated assumption of the assertion "atheism is (or ought to be) the default position" certainly sounds like skepticism on its face, but in practice it gets turned (by some atheists) into dogma.
What dogma specifically does it get turned into? What assertion are you claiming that (some) atheists make?
(And is what only some atheists do to be considered diagnostic of the whole category 'atheists'?)