Is atheism a scientific perspective?

[Mister Agenda]

Look up scientific materialism:

Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all phenomena, including mental phenomena and consciousness, are results of material interactions. Materialism is closely related to physicalism, the view that all that exists is ultimately physical. 

That's how I was using the word, and it was used correctly. That takes care of about 99/100 ths of your reply.

You may have found that definition by typing 'scientific materialism' into Google, but it's the definition of metaphysical or philosophical materialism. The closest you can come to 'scientific materialism' is methodological naturalism, the position that science can only discover natural explanations for phenomena, not supernatural explanations...it's not the position that the supernatural doesn't exist, but that if it does, it's not something science can study.