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>Atheism is simply not believing in gods
atheism isn't "simply" anything, there's many different atheisms, like strong atheism, weak atheism, positive atheism, negative atheism, explicit atheism, implicit atheism, practical atheism, theoretical atheism, philosophical atheism, scientific atheism, militant atheism, humanistic atheism, nu-atheism, existential atheism, skeptical atheism, gnostic atheism, agnostic atheism, marxist atheism, secular atheism, spiritual atheism, empirical atheism, nihilistic atheism, post-theistic atheism, cultural atheism, psychological atheism, methodological atheism, ethical atheism, political atheism, naturalistic atheism, dogmatic atheism, progressive atheism, critical atheism, quiet atheism, minimal atheism, maximal atheism, meta-atheism, etc
you're pretending all atheism is weak atheism.
anon's probability framing was informal but his core idea stands.
if there are countless conceivable post-death outcomes, declaring one (nothingness) as certain without evidence is unjustified.
your "burden of proof" argument cuts both ways. if no one can prove what happens after death, then asserting no afterlife is just as speculative as asserting one.
