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No, because the claims are not equivalent. Something like the tooth fairy is a very specific metaphysical claim. The concept of a potential "god" has many different variations that can't all be collapsed into a single claim and all considered equivalent.Would you say the same about Hitchens' claims that the tooth fairy doesn't exist? Or goblins? I think this is where the disconnect is. I consider myself an atheist, but obviously, I can't 100% for certain know that God doesn't exist, because that's literally impossible. But I'm about as sure of it as I am that the other two I mentioned don't exist. I've seen no more proof for any of them than the other. That's not faith, IMO.
I agree about the Fermi Paradox. It's interesting as hell, but it's just guesswork.
For instance, just the Dawkins quote earlier about a potential highly advanced form of life that created humans would fall under a variation of "god" and be very different than the specific Christian version that claims the universe is 6000 years old, etc.
For me, I think there are absolutely more advanced forms of intelligence in the universe (how advanced is variable), and I find that view more rational than the form of scientific reductionism that relies on the faith of our current level of scientific understanding.