Originally posted by DeepThought
Just a point on this. It is possible for people to have both contradictory and "missing" beliefs. However for this to be the case the contradiction has to be tolerable to them, the obvious way is if it is not apparent to them. It's only when faced with the contradiction that it has to be resolved in one way or another. Since we generally justify one ...[text shortened]... on the other hand don't need to fit a belief about whether there is a God into a belief system.
Atheist can justify their stance, but it is their stance they are justifying. They not I put a
label on them that says this variable in the universe "God" isn't real to them in any
fashion. I don't put that on them, they do!
In how we view all things, we do it finding ways to justify our knowledge/beliefs all with
this self proclaimed label we use to describe ourselves.
So Atheist look at everything and resolve all of their issues maintaining this stance. I
don't care if they claim they lack knowledge or beliefs about God or reject Him outright
as something they find distasteful it doesn't matter how they got there, there they are.
With respect to Agnostics, I have more respect for Atheist, at least they have the guts
to take a stand instead of sitting in the middle of the road.