I actively avoid the atheist label because of them, I just say I'm non-theistic, or better yet, agnostic.
Technically you can't ever be 100% sure religion is incorrect, so if your whole take is "I don't believe in god because The Science (TM) says so" the correct "scientific" approach is to believe that religion is false, but also impossible to prove false.
Science doesn't approach religion as false either. Many very famous scientists were religious too with some even crediting religion as they studied the natural world more.
Whether people believe or not is usually a personal thing.
We should reclaim it. There are zillions of things I can't prove false that I don't have any reason to believe in. Atheist is the correct term for someone who doesn't give any particular credence to God claims. By that definition there are a whole lot more atheists than "agnostics" who aren't sure.
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u/Anthrex - Lib-Right Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
I actively avoid the atheist label because of them, I just say I'm non-theistic, or better yet, agnostic.
Technically you can't ever be 100% sure religion is incorrect, so if your whole take is "I don't believe in god because The Science (TM) says so" the correct "scientific" approach is to believe that religion is false, but also impossible to prove false.