Have you ever seen an atheist afraid to make a positive claim? Well, I have had several atheist pins downed on some very bad atheist talking points, they were in that precarious corner. So, once in that corner, they try to play, I don’t believe card. People say atheism is not an ideology. They say it is just a lack of belief in God. I understand why that line is popular. It sounds humble. It sounds restrained. It sounds like the atheist is making no grand claim at all. He is simply unconvinced.
At the smallest dictionary level, I can grant that point. A person can lack belief in God without building a full philosophy around that lack. A man can say, “I am not convinced,” and stop there.
My problem is that many public atheists do not stop there.