Q about arguments for God's existence.

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For all practical purposes, I live my live as if there are no gods. I don't need absolute certainty for this, or for anything in fact. I literally can't have absolute certainty due to my own fallibility and the problems of solipsism. This makes me a strong but not a gnostic atheist. If you define knowledge as believing something beyond reasonable doubt, then I would be gnostic. I think if anyone is "in charge" it's far more likely to be in another reality where we have been created as a simulation. They wouldn't be a god any more than we are when we run a simulation.

An atheist may however live their life as if they are not sure what to believe about it. They don't believe there is a god, but don't believe there isn't, either. Like an undecided juror. That makes them an atheist as they have rejected God claims, but not a strong or gnostic atheist because they don't claim to believe/know there is no God.

So it's far better to ask an atheist what their views are, rather than assuming their position.