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→The absoluteness of the lack of belief asserted
''See also:'' [[Atheists doubting the validity of atheism]] and [[Ex-atheists]]
''See also:'' [[Atheists doubting the validity of atheism]] and [[Ex-atheists]]
Sir [[Francis Bacon]] wrote: "
The atheist Elizabeth King wrote in the ''Washington Post'':
{{cquote|The idea of God pesters me and makes me think that maybe I’m not as devoted to my beliefs as I’d like to think I am and would like to be. Maybe I’m still subconsciously afraid of hell and want to go to heaven when I die. It’s confusing and frustrating to feel the presence of something you don’t believe in. This is compounded by the fact that the God character most often shows up when I’m already frustrated.
“Why, God, why?” I ask myself when I’ve procrastinated before a deadline and am scrambling.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/04/im-an-atheist-so-why-cant-i-shake-god/ I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God?]</ref>}}
Sir [[Francis Bacon]] wrote:
{{Cquote|The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man." - , his essay ''Of Atheism''<ref>Ibid, p. 107.</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man." - , his essay ''Of Atheism''<ref>Ibid, p. 107.</ref>}}