Re: Why do so many people who believe in god refuse to discuss it?
I might be wrong. It is my understanding that atheists believe that there is no god. They do not (or at least should not) state that it is 100% certain that there is no god. Nor do I think, like you seem to suggest that, they state that since there is no proof, then it is 100% certain that there is not a god. Your post seems more in line with being agnostic, whom if I am correct say: since we don’t know, I chose neither or I do not chose at all.
Your unicorn analogy doesn’t completely hold because of at least one reason - because a unicorn is defined as a mythological being. Being mythological it is already agreed that it does not exist.
p.s. Semantically you might be correct about being able to state or not what I said about “faith that there is no god” because of how the word faith might be defined. If I need to find a more exact way of saying what I mean, I am sure it can be done. Would have to take the time to find the right words.
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