Why do atheists insist that atheism is a 'non-belief'?

Do you think that it is profoundly important? Does anyone?

My point was this: Theists have beliefs, and atheists have beliefs. And those beliefs affect how we address big ideas and big issues.

In another thread, Most people are agnostic, you say:

(Emphasis yours.)

And this:

(I’m pretty you just made a small mistake in writing “believe” instead of “belief”.)

The implication is that atheism is a coherent, well-thought-out belief.

We agree in principle. :slight_smile:

Also, I found it amusing that, in that same thread, you said:

And, in this thread, I said:

When you brought up universe-destroying trolls, were you making ontological or epistemological claims?