If I believe that the probability that at least one god exists is exactly 50%, then am I an atheist?

[dimbear]

21. The easiest way to see the practical application of all this is to remember that for the

great majority of recorded history, atheism has been a crime. Often a capital crime. Only recently and in the more liberal nations has it been decriminalized, here in the US atheism is only what is called a legal deficit, i.e. it has some unpleasant legal consequences but it cannot be prosecuted in and of itself.

Harken back to an earlier time. Imagine Boojatta in the dock charged with atheism, a la Socrates and other philosophers. His defense, of course, is that he is 50 per cent innocent. The prosecutor would reply that if Boojatta had a better defense he would offer it, ergo Boojatta will......... suffer.