“Atheist” is typically used to indicate any nonbeliever in the existence of a diety or deities. This includes both the agnostic (who thinks there's no evidence to decide one way or the other—thus remaining a nonbeliever), the atheist proper (who believes the Supreme Being does not exist—in other words DISbelieves), and the nontheist (who considers the question meaningless and irrelevant—in comparison to the agnostic, who considers the question unanswered but important)." -paraphrased from Jack Huberman’s _The Quotable Atheist_

"The entirety of atheism is contained in this response. Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle. The obvious must be observed and re-observed and argued for. This is a thankless job. It carries with it an aura of petulance and insensitivity. It is, moreover, a job that the atheist does not want." -Sam Harris

"The survival value of the god meme in the meme pool results from its great psychological appeal. It provides a superficially plausible answer to deep and troubling questions about existence. It suggests that injustices in this world may be rectified in the next. The 'everlasting arms' hold out a cushion against our own inadequacies which, like a doctor's placebo, is none the less effective for being imaginary. These are some of the reasons why the idea of God is copied so readily by successive generations of individual brains. God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture." -Richard Dawkins

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