Re: Speaking as an agnostic
<...I don't know if God exists or not. I respect that others do have a definite belief but I don't. Absence of proof doesn't automatically imply proof of absence.
You make a good point. I was just pointing out that most people in everyday life don't think you have to prove a negative.
Atheism is something one has concluded from thinking about it, and normally that should be that, barring further data. Those professional atheists who run around trying to convince everyone God doesn't exist, and sue everyone who even mentions God, are a little weird, to say the least, and probably have issues.