Atheism is the punk rock of religion

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But do you really think that is true? Most Christians I meet express much more belief in the bible than they do a deity. Given the primacy of my agnosticism, I have no problem with anyone else believing in a deity. Their call. But the jump from that to "..and this book, the bible, is divinely inspired and so conveys the will of God" is one even my agnosticism can't allow.

Your essential hunch/belief that a personal god (or deity of whatever stripe you please) exists is neither required nor ruled out by evidence. So it is your call to make. But claims made about a book we can hold in our hand, which was transcribed by the hand of man (inspired or not), and which has a history .. those require evidence. The bible should be subject to exactly the same kinds of criticism and interpretation as any other book. That is a leap too far for me.

Christians are to theism as (pick any, but eg) Bhuddists are to atheism. We're not talking about Christianity here.

Belief in said deity to me as a Christian is originally informed by the bible. How isn't the bible subject to the same scrutiny as any, and more so than most I'd propose?

"Hunch" is you disregarding my explanation above. Existence isn't the question. Belief through faith is.

But this is way off topic.

"Belief in said deity to me as a Christian is originally informed by the bible."
Finally, was that so hard?

Right but Atheists don't believe in anything supernatural without proof.
Its no more a religious position than not believing in snake oils medicinal properties because theres no proof it does.
That was my point and my question was to confirm you believed in a separate deity from other religions separate to Christianity.
To follow what you claim is the case you'd have to call every single refusal to acknowledge a deity a religious position. Do you have any idea how many religious positions that would be? How far does this extend? Is not believing in Thor a religious position or simply a sensible one?
Is it a religious position to not believe in theism as a whole or simply no position for lack of proof?
The reason we don't shove another God or theology down your throat is because we don't have one, we're atheists and therefore have not made our decision on our position based on religious grounds. We have based it purely on logic, reasoning and evidence. Not faith which is a prerequisite to being a theist.

Based on this I would say Atheism is not a religious position, it is simply a position demanding of concrete evidence regardless of the claim.