Is being an atheist important to you?

[Brian37]

I often go back and forth on this idea, debating with myself whether or not being an atheist is important to my identity. At times, I feel that, no, it isn't important. God or the lack thereof is simply a non-issue in most areas in my life and it's something I simply normally don't think about. It's not like I go to work and think, "Well, it's Monday morning and there's no such thing as god. The endless march of time will erode us all into stardust eventually, so let's go to work."

At other times I do feel it's important in the sense that I don't believe in god because of the way I view the world. I am naturally skeptical and have always been a logical thinker, so this does play into the fact that I don't believe in god for good reasons and I do view the world in a certain way because of this. I get along with Christians and other god believers alike just fine, but I do tend to click with atheists the best in conversations. Coincidentally, most people I consider my friends happen to be atheists. This isn't something that was done purposefully, but when the subject came up between friends and me, I realized one day that all of my friends are atheists as well.

So I go back and forth between this, but ultimately I think the answer would be yes. The fact that I don't believe in god actually is pretty important to me. Maybe I like the rebellious aspects of it, I'm not really sure. But I do also see myself settling down with a beautiful atheist woman one day; that'd be awesome. I really don't see myself dating a religious person by any stretch of the imagination, as I simply think our worldviews would probably be vastly different. If, of course, I found someone who was religious, but that person didn't find their religion to be all that important to them, an exception could be made I suppose.

For the most part, I don't usually ask people about their religious beliefs though, so who knows? I think it just so happens to be that I click well with atheists as opposed to theists. For that reason, I would say that atheism is an important part of my identity. What do you guys think? Why or why not?

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