On: Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre.

[Fargren]

That isn't what atheism is, or at least that isn't what most English-speaking people who describe themselves as atheist mean by it. Western atheists think the existence of any deities is unproven; it is not supported by the evidence.

That's not atheism, that's agnosticism.

[burgerbrain → Fargren]

Ponder the following: I'm agnostic in the same way I'm 'agnostic' about the existence of unicorns.

[derleth → Fargren]

Agnosticism is a faith claim: It's claiming that we can never know anything about a deity.

I'm an atheist. I say the existence of a deity is both unproven and highly unlikely given the current evidence.

[nodata → derleth]

.. and until the time that it is otherwise proven, an atheist doesn't believe in a deity.

[wnight → nodata]

There is of course, a huge difference between not believing in something and believing that it must not be.