The atheist proposition is the following - most of the time - it may not be said that there is no god; it may be said that there is no reason to think that there is one.
Atheism is the lack of belief in a god (or gods). It makes no claim. It merely rejects the claim that a god (or gods) exists. Nothing more.
Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.
Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
When I believe in nothing, I do not want to meet you when you believe in nothing.
Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.
Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
Who hath no faith to man, to God hath none.
It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism.
