Assertion: atheism's belief | /r/CapableOf | gratify desire
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text: I believe that one should be agnostic when belief one way or the other is  mere idle speculation, incapable of verification;  when belief is held merely to gratify desires, however deep-seated, and not because it is forced on us by evidence; and  when belief may be taken by others to be more firmly grounded than it really is, and so come to encourage false hopes or wrong attitudes of mind.