You know Mystic, it's funny but not until I identified myself with atheism, and it took a lot for me to own that ''label'' if you will, for a while...but eventually, I did. And logically, I was comfortable with it, maybe on the emotional side, I never was? Idk. But, the best way to really understand how atheists think, is you'd have to come to a natural conclusion about atheism. I've often felt that atheism isn't really a choice, as much as it is a natural path or conclusion one comes to. Or maybe the person has been an atheist all of his/her life. That said, you can learn from atheists, but its almost like playing a sport. You can learn about it, watch it, but until you play it...you don't fully APPRECIATE what it's honestly about. If that makes sense. Not telling you to become an atheist, haha Hope you know what I mean.
