Is being an atheist important to you?

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His post doesn't contradict yours. Some atheists are fervent in their atheism and some aren't. It's the same with the religious.

At the time of my response as well the data actually showed that half thought it was important  to them. Would you say that 50% of Christians think their religion unimportant?

Actual brain scans contradict the self reporting. Atheist may be more inclined to say that they’re atheism is not that important, than theists, but this doesn’t actually mean they treat it as any less important.

Brain scans shows that both atheism and theism are linked to the areas of the brain that govern our sense of self. Beliefs or concepts that support our atheism or our religious beliefs, light up our rewards centers similiarly for both.

While not every atheist wears an red A pin, has a Darwin fish bumper stickers, or attends atheists conferences, not all Christians wear crucifixes either, this doesn’t mean that these elements are any less important to our sense of self.

It also doesn’t take a genius to see how disbelief and belief, bleeds over to a variety of our perceptions, our moral views, political, meaning, etc...

I mean we are in an atheistforum.