From Q:
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I don't say I "know" there is no god. OTOH, I do say that the complete absence of confirming evidence and lack of any compelling logic (i.e., no phenomena examined to date have given any reason to drag in extra complications like deities), gives me fairly high confidence to state: "There is no god".
I largly agree with your reasonings for this self appraisal, except, to me, a "fairly high confidence" would be more of a "medium atheist". The requirements for being a "strong atheist" would be an honest "absolute confidence" that there is no god. I don't believe that one with a rational mind can have such absolute confidence in dealing with such a nebulous concept as God's existance.
Cheers,
Agnostic/Weak Atheist Moose
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