on that blog..... We atheists should avoid saying "I don't believe in God", since that plays into the idea of the ONE single monotheistic God that the believer believes in. Instead, notice the favorable shift when we atheists say "I don't believe in ANY gods (plural)". Now the focus shifts to there being MANY gods proposed throughout human history (or even in the current world), and the believer does not believe in most of those any more than we atheists do. Recently I've considered emphasizing this more by saying "I don't believe in any of the gods", which is an unusually awkward sentence and thus intentionally draws attention to "what do you mean by 'any of the gods'"). Lastly on this point, I really like the way that Edward Tarte always says "I'm an atheist, which simply means that I find no credible evidence for the existence of any gods."  It's a little longer, but still short enough for an 'elevator pitch' and damn it is good and it totally points to the burden of proof being on those who need to provide evidence for whichever god they are trying to sell. ttp://deusxed.wordpress.com/ jcdenton40 Yes, that's essentially what I was getting at when I said: "...notice how the wording [of "I don't believe in God"] is subtly yet inherently biased in theists' (particularly monotheists) favor, while making the subtle presupposition that the existence of their god -- particularly the Judeo-Christian God -- is somehow the default position." Of course, saying