| I myself am a somewhat non-traditional atheist. My beliefs are not virulent, I do not believe that religion is that which it strives to destroy or any of that other activist trash. I simply do not follow any sort of organized religion, I do not believe in any sort of higher deity, I do not worship in any church.
My ideas about creation and existence lean somewhat towards the scientific side in that I cannot bring myself to believe something without any empirical evidence. I don't deny the existence of god, I simply do not acknowledge it. I do not know.
To me, organized religion seems like a human defense mechanism; we do not understand even an infinitesimal part of the universe's workings so we seek to explain it away with something that we can comprehend. I acknowledge the power of belief and religion, and I'm completely open to all forms of it as it is an integral part of the human mind.
Religion doesn't have to involve going to church or reading a book or performing a ritual, religion is simply what you believe in and in what fashion you percieve the world around you and your own existence. Mine is the view of a scientist, another's may be an entirely different view and belief system. There is no reason to disavow a religion, it is really no one else's business but your own. |