Atheism is the default position

Ah, yes. The English language. I should have known this would be a debate about English, not atheism.OK well, I have to agree that the "lack of" something, is indeed, the default position, depending on the topic.The lack of an oven is the default position when it comes to bakingThe lack of vehicles is the default position when it comes to transportation. When it comes to religious beliefs, atheism is the default position (the lack of belief in a god)My opponent wants to define the default position (of everything) as the lack of everything. I can't argue that. but the topic is not everything. The topic, is religious beliefs, because the title of the debate is "Atheism is the default position" (of religious beliefs). Yes, the words "of religious beliefs" are left out, but implied.Atheism wouldn't be the default position of music or any other topic, but religious beliefs.Since we agreed that the definition of Atheism is "the lack in the belief in a god", it should be clear that we are talking about the default position of religious beliefs, not everything. When it comes to the agnostic position, it would be impossible to say for sure what we may learn in the future.To say that we "can't know" if a god exists is false. You can say you don't know, but that may, or may not change. depending on the available evidence. I don't know what any of that has to do with atheism or the default position since atheism has something to do with belief while agnosticism has something to do with knowledge. They are different. I agree with my opponent when he says "So this (agnostic) position differs from the default position because it can believe something (though lacks knowledge)." So why bother to bring it up?I also agree with my opponent that the theistic position "obviously believes something, therefore it is not the default."Again, why bring it up?My opponent then goes on to say "I believe the default position is, a position of no beliefs."If we were talking about the default position for everything, I don't agree.Beliefs aren't everything. A baby may be born without beliefs, but a baby is born with vision and hearing.So, when it comes to senses, a baby is not the default position. Something that lacks senses would be the default position on that topic.My opponent claims, "the default position lacks ALL beliefs". If we are talking about the default position of everything, then it must lack everything, not just beliefs. The singularity from which the Universe expanded from, would be the default position of everything, since it lacks everything including time and space.However, I will go back to say that the topic here isn't the default position of everything. It's the default position of religious beliefs, which is atheism as defined in the first round. My opponent goes on to argue my point of"If you lose your faith in a God, you automatically (without having to choose to) go back to the default position"I stand by that statement. My opponent's argument is "you (may) want to serve a different God not necessary go back to atheism."Changing your belief is not the same as losing it. I also want to point out that since atheism is the default position, you do not "want" to go back to it. It's automatic once you lose all beliefs in gods. You may "want" to stop believing in a god, but once you do there is no requirement to go back to atheism, it's as automatic as letting go of a rubber band and watching it snap back to its default position of the lack of being stretched. The analogy of a rubber band will also work in saying that stretching it in a different way is not the same as not stretching it at all. You can stretch a rubber band in all kinds of ways the same way you can believe in all kinds of gods. The default position is the lack of the belief in a god like the default position of a rubber band is the lack of the stretch of it. Switching from god to god is like stretching from circle to square. Different positions, but not the default position.Now the use of the statements my opponent uses is another play on words. "The lack of a belief in a god" has the same meaning as "the lack of belief in all gods." Of course you can get technical, but we are talking about clear meaning. For example:When someone says "I'm tired", it's obvious that the person saying that. isn't talking about their name.If a person says "I'm Bob", it's obvious they are talking about their name without them having to say specifically "my name is Bob".This attempt on word play in a debate may be fun and amusing, but has no value when seeking the truth."The default position" when applied to atheism is referring to the default position of religious beliefs without having to specifically say it.If we are here to play games, I'd rather be playing baseball. If we are here to learn and seek the truth, then let's be honest and stop with the games.