Why Carl Sagan rejected atheism

[Optimistic Mysanthrope]

Whilst I see your point, we have a huge number of atheists who define as I described, and allot of Christians/theists who want it described another way. Is it fair to allow them to define the term for us?

I totally get where you're coming from and I can understand why the issue might be sensitive to some people.

Thing is, I couldn't give a toss how people describe or define me. It doesn't change anything. If someone wants to play semantics, then it provides me with an amusing distraction while they figure out which label to apply. I describe myself as an atheist more as a convenience than anything. I've seen several definitions of the word and it's partly because of that, that I list my religious views as pantheist loneshark. If I come across a more apt description, I'll use that instead. But which ever label is used, I'm still the same.