Religion
In reply to the discussion: what is the most important aspect of the interaction between belivers and non believers [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)Proving something is entirely different. Knowing is different again. We can play with words and concepts all day, but saying you do not believe something is the same as saying you believe something different. Lack of belief depends on the lack of the proposition, in the first place. The term "atheism" is dependent on the proposition that a deity exists.
Only a newborn, or someone who has never heard of a belief in a god can claim no belief. Your rejection of the claim demonstrates that you have, at least, pondered the possibility and then arrived at a conclusion based on a lack of evidence, which has formed your belief that gods do not exist.
I know, it's a bit of a mind fuck, but that's how I see it. And, apparently, we have both arrived at the same conclusion.