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But such an atheist -- who felt this would be a good reason for disbelief -- would likely be possessed of an unsophisticated mind. In which case, I'd tend to discount their ability to evaluate the evidence, as well.

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Whatever the subject, the default approach is one of disbelief, it does not require a reason.
a) I'll believe anything until disproven.
b) I'll wait for evidence before believing anything.
Sure it's not as simple as a/b but religion is about the only subject that people who normally use a b approach switch to a. The concept that atheists/agnostics are doing anything 'strange' by wanting evidence is simply misdirection, not always ingenuous.