Is being an atheist important to you?

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We don't live in a world where "fairyists" tell us that we can't be moral without believing in fairies and making laws to enforce the rules that they say that they got from the fairies.  If we did then being an "afairyist" would be a thing.  When theism largely dies there will be no need to identify as an atheist.

It doesn’t matter why it’s important to you, or why you feel compelled to identify as atheists, even if it’s because religious people have pushed you to form an identity around atheism, the fact remains it’s a part of your identity, even if formed as reactionary.

Perhaps in the future this would be different for other unbelievers, but currently this is not the case.

I came here intrigued by the mindset of believers as I can't see why anyone would think the way they do and I've still not had a good explanation of why they think the way they do, it bemuses me.

So I am here out of curiosity of the mind set of believers and of course there are some cool people here I interact with.

But if someone were to hold gun a gun to my head and threaten me with death or renouncing my atheism I would renounce my atheism as it is not an important part of my life.

Until then I will look on at theists with a sense of confusion, how can they believe? I honestly don't know.

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It doesn’t matter why it’s important to you, or why you feel compelled to identify as atheists, even if it’s because religious people have pushed you to form an identity around atheism, the fact remains it’s a part of your identity, even if formed as reactionary.

Perhaps in the future this would be different for other unbelievers, but currently this is not the case.

Its true that my atheism is a reaction to theism, but then it can be no other. It did not force me to "form an identity" I am just able to say no when asked if I believe in god.