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Originally Posted by sprinter
I don't hold with the idea that "all beliefs are equal" for reasons of basic logic.
It would be like saying all cars are equal, or all work careers are equal, or all athletes are equal,, it's simply not true. This error comes about by concentrating on similarities and deliberately forgetting about the differences between things. When it comes down to finding truth the differences matter, arsenic and aspirin both come in little white tablets but there are some very serious consequences if we don't differentiate properly between the two.
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Makes sense.
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Originally Posted by sprinter
I wonder if you realize that your idea of "not having belief in any God/religious system freeing you from the shackles" is actually a religious belief system that you (could easily be) shackled by.
All you have done is replace the religious truth claim that there is a God, with the religious truth claim that there is not a God,,
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Atheism is just a label for people who don't believe in deities. It isn't a belief system, it's absence of belief.
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Originally Posted by sprinter
both claims are purporting to be the truth about ultimate reality and both ideas hold natural consequences.
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Not quite. Religions claim to have the absolute truth. No atheist or agnostic will claim to know the ultimate truth about reality.
It's up to the believers to prove their point. They are the ones who say there is a deity, so they are the ones who have to provide justification.