Religion
In reply to the discussion: Is Atheism a Belief? [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)You know, like the one any religious person holds. Regardless of religion.
Belief is an investment. A positive claim. Like in a criminal case of conspiracy, it's an overt act, an effort, something you DO.
Declining to believe isn't a belief. To abstain from belief isn't a belief. To refuse to participate in a conspiracy doesn't constitute a conspiracy, etc.
IF I held an unprovable belief that gods certainly do not or cannot exist, then I would have to defend it.
I don't. I have freely acknowledged that a supernatural being, particularly one with the power and knowledge to create the universe, must also possess the ability to conceal itself from us, if it chooses to. (Though I argue the toolmarks of that being must be within our cognitive reach, if for no other purpose than to eliminate any other possible cause)
So, I was born an agnostic atheist, and I remain so until one of you religious people actually trot out some fucking evidence that withstands scrutiny.