In UK Islam is the Future and Christianity is the Past

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I do agree with Stimbo though, I'm just a human. My atheism really doesn't mean much at all.

So, you are a casual observer? Need a good laugh? Or, would you crossover as a result of good argument?

I mean Dawkins could out-atheist anyone here...but you would never see him here in the trenchs fighting tooth and nail against a Christian zealot!

Just trying to understand the motivation if "atheism doesn't matter"?

You're a Catholic right? So you live your life based (at least in part, I presume?) on the teachings of the bible/church (be they dogmas, doctrines etc)? In that way, your religion is a massive part of your life, and influences the things that you do.

My atheism is simply a lack of belief in deities. I hold no dogmas, no doctrines, I live my life based on (as I see it) the societal norms that have come about through countless generations of societal (and human) evolution, and within the laws of the state I reside in (England).

I never think about deities or gods, because I have no concept of them, which after all is all my atheism is about. To put it another way, I also presume you don't believe in Santa, right? How often do you think about Santa? Same for me but with deities.

In all I am a pragmatist, in that any evidence for a claim will sway me to take it seriously and accept it as factual (at least until something comes along to disprove it). I hold my 'beliefs' in the here and now, and give little thought to things that 'might be' unless there's a body of evidence going forward to support it.

In a long winded way, my atheism doesn't define me, rather just a facet of me (i.e. my stance of belief on deities).