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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Sorry if this sounds confusing. Religion exists because people participate in it wether God can be proven real or not. Athiests choose not to participate in Religion (which is real) because they do not believe in God (which cannot be proven).
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It's not confusing at all.
If you were open to the idea of there being a god, then you might have a point. Since you are firm in your belief that there is no god, you have a belief system. You have in your words "chosen to particpate in whether God can be proven real or not". You say not.