What is Atheism?

[Nonpareil]

False, there are no atheists in the West that believe in souls.

I know several personally who would disagree with you.

As I said, you do not actually understand atheism.

It totally goes against Western Atheism thought.

"Western Atheism thought" is a nonsense phrase. Atheism, western or eastern, is not a school of thought. It is nothing but a lack of belief in gods, and has no other necessary connotations.

There really is no cohesion or a formal school of thought in West for atheism like in the East.

...Which actually supports the idea that there are atheists in the west who believe in souls, yes.

You simply do not know Eastern philosophy.  How much Eastern philosophy have you studied regarding both theistic schools and atheistic schools ? Mostly likely zero.  Are you even from that region?  Probably not.  Have you ever studied under a teacher from Eastern school whether theistic or atheistic? Most likely no.

Wrong on all counts.

Well. Except for being born there. But other than that, I can practically guarantee that I have studied more than you have - not that it's particularly relevant, because your statements are bogglingly shallow and wrong even on the face of it.

Your strange fascination with "Eastern" schools of thought is really nothing more than classic Orientalist fixation on eastern mysticism and philosophy as being somehow "special" simply because it is different. There is nothing special about the east. It is simply another culture. It is no more inherently valid or invalid than this one. The very fact that you think that all the various philosophical and religious traditions of Asia can be lumped together under the word "Eastern" demonstrates how shallow your understanding actually is.

All of that aside, you are still flatly wrong about what atheism is and what it entails - as much for eastern atheism as for western.