This carries with it the implicit assumption that, lacking a belief in any gods, you believe that no gods exist.
You mistake this for a positive statement for some reason I don't understand. Perosnally, I find this to be misleading and generally a weakening of the position, most often taken as a strawman by theists attempting to prove that you, not they, are making the counterfactual leap.
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Date: 2006-Sep-28, Thursday 15:06 (UTC)I believe in no gods.
You believe in no gods.
This carries with it the implicit assumption that, lacking a belief in any gods, you believe that no gods exist.
You mistake this for a positive statement for some reason I don't understand. Perosnally, I find this to be misleading and generally a weakening of the position, most often taken as a strawman by theists attempting to prove that you, not they, are making the counterfactual leap.