Bsically. I've seen no evidence for a Jehova-Allah sort of entity, and the way that so many different people have so many different ideas about it, to me is evidence that it's all in their minds. The compulsion so many have to try to convert others also argues for that.
This is ituitively obvious to me, and I have a suspicion that it is to everyone, bcause God-belief seems to require a whole lot of reinforcement. The way theists "attack" atheists adds to this conlusion; it's rather like the little boy saying the emperor is naked - he wan't very popular with the mob. (I'm surprised he wasn't lynched)
It's *logically* possible that there's some sort of Deist style conscious prime mover, but so far there's no evidence, and it seems to go against Occam.
There are atheists who are basically skeptics -- perhaps what you'd call the true atheist -- and I can respect them. OTOH, there are atheist who have a rather strange impulse to mock, criticize and attempt to demean the believer in which can only be described as an attempt to get him to change/lose his faith.
That is not logical. If I were an atheist I'd want every one to still follow Jesus.
that there's some sort of Deist style conscious prime mover, but so far there's no evidence, and it seems to go against Occam.
And how do you figure that?