Some do, sure. I was more or less linking to the article because I felt that it beautifully summed up and gave some insight into perhaps the way
some -religious- people actually feel.
Just because you can't prove X, X is not automatically false.
Maybe. Maybe Not, being not able to prove something does automatically generate a benefit of the doubt. In my book, for something so grand and encompassing if you cant prove it, its not true. But thats just my opinion.
So atheists do have a faith... a belief that God does not exist.
I don't agree with that, a lot of atheists go about their daily lives and never once think about religion or what other people think. I think thats the difference, we don't feel the need to push our views and in a way I think are more open minded. I don't necessarily denounce the existence of god, but I do doubt it. Read my sig, its a perfect example of what I mean.
Also, I think the article hints at why perhaps Christians and Christian culture (America) is so violent and blatantly hypocritical. The subconscious frustrations manifest into your own conscious thoughts and decisions that get "blamed" or tied to your god.
Anyways, I don't really want to get into a religious discussion. I just wanted to link to the article so you could enjoy or hate what it said. I found it to be well written and a very fascinating insight, albeit only an opinion.
I have gotten into arguments over religion many times, mostly when I was younger and its similar to politics (ironically they are very similar in their roots too). You can never really "win" with the person you are talking with... you can only share and back up opinions.
