Meliorism - The rise of neo-atheism and the fall of reason

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It helps if you read what's written. I am saying the absence of belief in a deity is characteristic of atheism, I also very clarly said,

"... with a variety of opinions, ideologies and philosophies ..."

I don't understand why you would pick a phrase in isolation then proceed to re-say what I've already said to point out it needs saying?

Utterly pointless.

It helps if you read what you wrote:

As for being 'part of a group', being an atheist is not a social choice for me it's a personal assertion that there is no god(s). As far as I'm concerned there is no 'group' just individuals with a variety of opinions, ideologies and philosophies who agree on one point, that there are no deities.

Bolding mine. Atheists do not agree that there are no deities. Atheists do not believe the claims made by theists that deities exist. You'd understand the distinction if you were an atheist, and not a religious apologist. It doesn't bother me though, poe, you will either come clean or otherwise be "outed" sooner or later.