Thanks for the lesson in etymology. You state your "beliefs are driven by facts". Which facts drive your beliefs? The "absence of god" is not a fact. It's an assumption. A metaphysical position. A belief, depending on how strongly you feel about it. But it is not a fact. Facts matter.
Sorry. Just realized you were not OP.
Could you please tell me which god you are refering to? Also, you are attributing statements to me that I didn't make.
I mistook your reply as coming from the person I was replying to initially. I'm not referring to any particular god. Just the concept of a supernatural force. There is no objective evidence for or against. Saying there is no god is not a statement of fact. Without facts, it's an opinion (belief).
Fact. I'm an animal. I will die and decompose like any life form. There's countless gods promising after life with ZERO evidence of its existence. Fact. I give two shits what people think about religion. UNTIL it affects me. So arguing with people over fables is something I avoid. Have a good one
Who's arguing over fables? I'm certainly not. The nature of belief is a study of human psychology, which is not a fable. Though human psychology is still not fully understood.
Religions are predicated on fables. They're man made.
True story.
There are how many gods that people believe in at any given time? A theist picks one arbitrary, which makes them a believer. The other people would like to see proof that any of the many gods do, in fact, exist. They still wouldn't belive in that god. Because they know it's there.