The atheists, who do not have any more
answers than the believers, do not set the manner in which people pay respects.
Not exact matches
More people are atheists
than believers, but that does not
answer the question.
The trouble with such an
answer is that it would be impossible for the
believer to convince the skeptic of the existence of any such Being, any more
than he could persuade the unbeliever of the existence of a ghost in the house.
Whenever I debate a
believer, in a calm rational debate it usually devolves into the person defending religion getting angry because he or she can not simply
answer any question other
than by saying stuff along the lines of, «well our brains are too small to understand» or «god works in mysterious ways» or my personal favorite «God will judge you for you unbelieving ways».
Only a true
believer would not
answer the «who are you» question by criticising my internet skills rather
than by simply saying who «we» are.