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Originally Posted by Mike F
That's not entirely fair, IMO, or at least, in my experience, not really an accurate representation of what many / most people who identify themselves as "Atheists" mean.
In my experience, when a person says "I'm an Atheist" they mean that they hold an active belief that there is no God / deity / supernatural being in the universe. To the extent that accurately describes a person's beliefs, they're holding an ultimately faith based belief system. Anyone who has read much on quantum physics and theoretical cosmology knows that the fundamental underlying reality of the universe remains outside our understanding at this time, and certainly outside our common logic and intuition.
Things like Brane theory, the holographic universe theory, and the possibility that we exist in a bubble universe have led me to conclude that, while I believe there is sufficient evidence to disprove the existence of the Gods of the bible, I can't say there is sufficient evidence to conclusively determine that there isn't room in the extended universe for something that would justly be described as a deity. I don't believe in it, but I don't disbelieve it.
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So you're saying we can't discount the possibility that in the extended universe somewhere there are dragons?
Or Santa!
So you don't believe in them, but also don't disbelieve in them!
That's awesome. And very convenient.