Perhaps what he failed to convey here, though I believe this is what he meant is that in above he presented two theories. A) God exists. B) God doesn't exist. Side (A) presents scanty, questionable, and often outright bad evidence to support its claim. Side (B) presents more satisfying evidence, enough, at least, to make it preferable to side (A). Therefore, he takes side (B).
Also, Ryan mentioned something that I was going to say, and I'll say it anyway. Commonly accepted atheism by actual atheists is that they aren't saying they believe there is no god. They are saying they don't believe there is god, but in general it's a more apathetic sort of approach. If a god should prove to exist, it wouldn't flabberghast an atheist, though he may be slightly surprised. Atheism is typically living a life atheologically, rather than having a firm belief that no god exists.
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Also, Ryan mentioned something that I was going to say, and I'll say it anyway. Commonly accepted atheism by actual atheists is that they aren't saying they believe there is no god. They are saying they don't believe there is god, but in general it's a more apathetic sort of approach. If a god should prove to exist, it wouldn't flabberghast an atheist, though he may be slightly surprised. Atheism is typically living a life atheologically, rather than having a firm belief that no god exists.
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