This is a whole separate debate and I wouldn't want to hijack you thread, but is an "atheist" what you really are? Can you be defined by what you don't believe in? I define myself as Rational or "a rationalist" because that is what I think I am. If someone ever came up with a demonstration that God exists that really works (e.g. God himself presented to the world in a way that the most likely explanation is not that we suddenly became mad) I don't think I would be an Atheist anymore, as that wouldn't be the rational thing to do. I have nothing against the existence of deities, it is just that all the evidence points to their non-existence.
If you don't believe in deities just because that's your decision, then I would call you an atheist. If you don't believe in god because you follow reason and you think that rational analysis indicates believing in a god is not warranted, then you may also be an atheist, but you are primarily a rational person, and it wouldn't be lying to define yourself as that.
If you don't believe in deities just because that's your decision, then I would call you an atheist. If you don't believe in god because you follow reason and you think that rational analysis indicates believing in a god is not warranted, then you may also be an atheist, but you are primarily a rational person, and it wouldn't be lying to define yourself as that.
