That’s A C Grayling’s position, although Theo Hobson is having none of it at Comment is Free as he tries to argue that not believing in someone upstairs watching every sparrow fall is an article of faith.
Grayling also “objects to the term "atheist", for it carries the implication that belief in God is normative; it defines non-believers by their dissent from it. Rationalists also dissent from belief in fairies, goblins and all other superstitions, he observes - why should their rejection of God be singled out as their defining feature?”
Seems reasonable to me…!
Hobson doesn’t have an easy time though as a perusal of the comments will quickly show.
