apophenia, about your comment on Buddhism in the start - they do not believe in a higher power like a god, I know that. But from what I know there is some higher force that governs that world (Karma). And the cycle of rebirth certainly is no naturalistic thing.
When I was a Christian, I was annoyed with dogmatic condescending Christians. Now that I'm an atheist, I'm annoyed with dogmatic condescending atheists. Just goes to prove that people are the same, regardless of what they do or don't believe.