I believe that both are beliefs. If there was any deity, which is a bit vague definition to be honest, the so what? It never mattered to me and it still doesn't matter. In retrospect, one only has to be a deity by gaining worship. Which to be honest, sounds relatively easily amongst the 6 billion people on the planet right now. Of course, what with the specific meaning of a deity also requiring that they retain immortality, it still can't be too hard within a conceivable time-frame. What with the constantly improving ways to extend our lives sorta coming through in technology.
tb:dc, I honestly don't care about the existence of a deity because it's just too easy to become one.
(Read: Easy as in probable within the next 2 centuries)
Nice idea of a thread by the way, it's nice to look at this at a purely belief level for a change, rather then a religious level.