"You're an atheist?". Yes, I am one atheist. Yes, I am an a-theist.
Therein lies the problem with categorizing atheists as a group...people don't identify themselves as members of groups based on what they don't believe in (tea partiers excepted, perhaps). It would be kind of like calling christians "a-moslems", when most christians identify themselves based on what they do believe in, i.e. catholocism (WTF!!), rather than what they don't.
Unless one believes in a god or god-like deity, one meets the definition of atheist. Buddhists are a-theists, but whether they're atheists is a big, stinking, worthless debate (you don't believe in a god, you're an atheist, I don't give a shit how damn spiritual you are, IMO). But "atheist" has become a meaningless label, especially to atheists. It's come to imply secularist, science-ist, devil worshiper (double WTF!!) and other things when all it means is "there ain't no god(s)". Frankly I don't want to be a member of a group defined by what it's members don't believe in, unless it has something to do with really, really hating the Chicago Bears. But even that would be based on a common belief, "the Bears still suck", as opposed to a common disbelief (a-belief?).
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