Reply #54: Nice false dilemma, but I'm not falling for that fallacy. [View All]

1. An atheist doesn't need to assert jack. An atheist is A-THEIST, i.e. does not have a belief in any supernatural power, aka god. Some may say that god doesn't exist; some may not. But the only alternatives are not those that you listed.

2. I think I have said it many times before, but here's another. I am the null hypothesis. Same as if I said there was no such thing as a 50 inch tv. You could then show me that there are 50 inch tvs and I would reevaluate my position. There is no god because there is no evidence for him/her/it. If you wish to assert that there is, then the burden is on you, not me.

3. You still haven't answered the question originally posed. Do you go around saying that you are, in essence, "agnostic" about the existence of dragons/unicorns/other mythic creatures? Do you say to people that you have "faith" that Zeus does not exist? I don't think so. Why do you demand that of atheists?