I remember my Atheist days when i was a teen glad i wasn't nearly as retard as these people
I'm honestly happy I never was an atheist. The closest way I can describe myself is that I believed that Magic, Gods and otherwise exist explicitly until you can prove without a shadow of a doubt that they never existed.
Even now, while I believe Jesus Christ is my lord and savior(Baptist here), how I see things never vanished. I never worshipped any other god but I do acknowledge they can exist, I believe Magic exists even if it's an affront to God(Though I believe that's more based on Catholicism and even then, you have stories like with Merlin that shows exceptions can exist through hilarious means) and unless you give me proof that they don't exist, I will never believe you in that they don't.
I even take the twist that happened in Star Ocean 3 into potential account because hilariously, that became an actual debating point well after that game came out