I didn't say you did. I asked a simple question: what about "I don't know" justifies belief?
I don't claim to be certain about the existence of any gods, and I'm an atheist. I simply don't accept that "I don't know" means I should treat the possibility with equal respect as the evidence for a universe that is purely natural and shows no evidence of divine intervention. I have an open mind in so far as I'm willing to be wrong, but in order to convince me of that I will need evidence that doesn't require a desire to believe in the first place. It's easier to describe the gods I don't believe in than to try to refute each and every possible permutation of godhood that humans can imagine.
I didn't say you did. I asked a simple question: what about "I don't know" justifies belief?
I don't claim to be certain about the existence of any gods, and I'm an atheist. I simply don't accept that "I don't know" means I should treat the possibility with equal respect as the evidence for a universe that is purely natural and shows no evidence of divine intervention. I have an open mind in so far as I'm willing to be wrong, but in order to convince me of that I will need evidence that doesn't require a desire to believe in the first place. It's easier to describe the gods I don't believe in than to try to refute each and every possible permutation of godhood that humans can imagine.