>>8
Militant atheism, which is what I actually said, asserts that there is for certain no god. Practitioners then go around parading this untestable hypothesis as a "fact" with distinctly religious fervour. That's what I find silly.
>>9
We're talking about unknowable metaphysical issues that there is no evidence base for. Of course, I have working assumptions and operate on the understanding that the world is real as far as I'm concerned, but it's a fact that we could e.g. be in a highly advanced computer simulation and there is no way we can test this. Because of that we shouldn't waste too much time thinking about such possibilities outside of SF, sure ... but discounting them out of hand isn't science.
Oh, and I never said I believed in the Judeo-Christian god or hell either. Not that you care, but personally I think if there is a "god" it will be impossible for us to comprehend by definition, and certainly nothing like any of the images currently worshipped.