You're right about the differences between an atheist in the technical sense and an agnostic.
You could say that I don't claim to know there isn't some god-fitting being out there in the same way that I haven't scoured the entire universe to verify that there isn't a flying spaghetti monster out there. That said, I'd bet my entire life and those of my family for a single dollar bill that there isn't a flying spaghetti monster because it's that ridiculous, and I'm not exactly broke. Having seen and understood what I have in astrophysics, the only thing that could possibly fit the idea of a god is an extraterrestrial that created this universe as either a simulation or a bubble universe from another universe, and even still it wouldn't be the creator of existence and would be devoid of anything supernatural.
I do in fact claim to know for a fact that the gods of all heavily established religions do not exist via scientific evidence having refuted so many of the claims that come along with those gods and I also do claim that there's no god who created all of existence via the logic that they'd have to exist to do that. In other words, if you don't see an extraterrestrial intelligence having created this universe as a simulation or as a controlled bubble within a larger multiverse as being a god, then yes, I assert that I am 100% certain there is no god.
That said, regardless of what I am, the topic at hand is those who definitely are atheists.
"I'm saying that atheists believe that there is no god."
You said it yourself there yet somehow assert that they believe in a type of god. Let's think of cryptozoology. That's the study of creatures that aren't scientifically confirmed to exist such as Big Foot, the Moth Man, etc. You're essentially seriously claiming that someone who asserts that they do not believe in any cryptozoological creature whatsoever actually does believe in a form of cryptozoological creature... by not believing in cryptozoological creatures. That makes absolutely no sense and doesn't make a bit more sense when substituting gods for cryptozoological creatures.
"I'm saying that atheists believe that there is no god."
Does anyone who has a religion think this?
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You're right about the differences between an atheist in the technical sense and an agnostic.
You could say that I don't claim to know there isn't some god-fitting being out there in the same way that I haven't scoured the entire universe to verify that there isn't a flying spaghetti monster out there. That said, I'd bet my entire life and those of my family for a single dollar bill that there isn't a flying spaghetti monster because it's that ridiculous, and I'm not exactly broke. Having seen and understood what I have in astrophysics, the only thing that could possibly fit the idea of a god is an extraterrestrial that created this universe as either a simulation or a bubble universe from another universe, and even still it wouldn't be the creator of existence and would be devoid of anything supernatural.
I do in fact claim to know for a fact that the gods of all heavily established religions do not exist via scientific evidence having refuted so many of the claims that come along with those gods and I also do claim that there's no god who created all of existence via the logic that they'd have to exist to do that. In other words, if you don't see an extraterrestrial intelligence having created this universe as a simulation or as a controlled bubble within a larger multiverse as being a god, then yes, I assert that I am 100% certain there is no god.
That said, regardless of what I am, the topic at hand is those who definitely are atheists.
"I'm saying that atheists believe that there is no god."
You said it yourself there yet somehow assert that they believe in a type of god. Let's think of cryptozoology. That's the study of creatures that aren't scientifically confirmed to exist such as Big Foot, the Moth Man, etc. You're essentially seriously claiming that someone who asserts that they do not believe in any cryptozoological creature whatsoever actually does believe in a form of cryptozoological creature... by not believing in cryptozoological creatures. That makes absolutely no sense and doesn't make a bit more sense when substituting gods for cryptozoological creatures.
"I'm saying that atheists believe that there is no god."
Just leave it at that. That's correct.