Argument against atheism

[Ace Otana]

You claimed that you don't believe in God and in the same breath claim that you don't know whether a God exists and that it is quite possibly unknowable.

I stated that I don't believe in god and then went on to state further that I do not hold certainty. I do not know whether there is one or not, I simply don't believe it. I haven't claimed anything. I've stated what I know and stated my stance on the existence of god. I've claimed nothing.

If you simply lack any belief about God or gods you are simply acknowledging your own ignorance, again.

Well I am ignorant of a lot of things, so are you. What makes me smarter is that I can admit it. I don't KNOW if there is such a thing as a god. However I've seen no evidence, no reason to believe such a thing exists. Just as I don't believe in fairies, why would I? Fairies could possibly exist, they may in fact do but so far I've seen no reason or evidence to suggest that they exist.

That is not atheism.

That is atheism. Just not 'your' version of atheism. You just hate the fact that I'm not claiming anything. Nothing to defend, no burden of proof. You hate it.

Atheism literally means "without theism". An atheist is someone who does not accept, as true, claims that assert the existence of gods.

Considering the claims regarding the existence of a god, there are two possible claims:
God exists

God does not exist

For either claim, there are two positions one can take with regard to belief:

belief or acceptance of the claim

disbelief or rejection of the claim