I would genuinely, and respectfully, like to start a discussion on this kind of thinking.
Of all the people on earth Bitcoiners espousing "Don't trust, verify", claiming to value verification of truth over trust of arbitrary claims, should be in alignment with athiestic views. Views that are simply stating that without actual verifiable proof of existence any and all theological beliefs should be viewed as mythological and nothing more.
Atheism is literally the absence of belief in the supernatural. To claim atheism is a religion is nonsensical, religions make claims and atheists decline to agree with those claims until they are provided with sufficient reasoning to adopt them as their own.
Everyone is an atheist to an extent, throughout history humanity has developed countless numbers of supernatural beings and theologies surrounding them.
When it comes to Norse, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, or other "dead" theologies almost everyone is athiestic and declines the existence of their pantheons of gods.
Some of us just go a step further and apply the same thinking to all living theologies with large numbers of believers as well.
It is surprising to me how so many Bitcoiners are still heavily religious and speak hateful rhetoric towards a group that simply asks for proof of religion, in addition to proof of work for value.
Religions in general are more like FIAT money than they are like Bitcoin, there are many and they all eventually go to zero (believers). Viewing the world through a lense of the scientific method, verifying claims before adopting them as true knowledge, is in alignment with Bitcoin's ethos of Don't Trust, Verify. All religions should be discarded without proof of the claims that are made.
I'm open to counter arguments that you personally find compelling, my beliefs are ever evolving based on things I learn and to which I am exposed.
