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My real claim behind this is that being an atheist takes as much faith as being a theist.
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So presumably denying that the Earth is ruled by
reptilian humanoids takes as much faith as believing it is.
Sorry, but there is such a thing as onus of proof. And the atheist claim is not, as you suppose, that they know for sure that God does not exist. It's a statement that having examined the facts, they have come to the conclusion that no evidence for a God exists. Agnostics are saying they either haven't thought about it, or aren't sure what conclusion to draw from their thinking.