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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't believe it is equivalent, no.
Believing that there isn't a god is a positive act - it is a matter of faith, in fact.
Not believing that there is a god is simply a matter of saying "nobody has presenting me with any evidence to support the view that there is a god, so I have no reason to believe in god". There's no faith involved, but simply a lack of a reason to have faith (which is a different thing entirely).
So I would say that they are different.
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I have no reason to believe there are fairies at the bottom of my garden, and as a consequence I believe there are not fairies at the bottom of my garden. How is that different from having no reason to believe in god and, as a consequence, not believing in god?. I'm not seeing how the consequence doesn't follow.