Athiesm has shades of grey. I'm known as a weak atheist, the kind with no faith. I think logically god cannot be proven or disproven, so I don't say their absolutely is not god, but I also don't rule out the possibility of invisible space leprechauns. Unlikely, but impossible to prove or disprove. What I believe is that the god of the bible, the god of the koran, the many gods of the hindus, they are disprovable at least as far as their religion goes. Disproving god is impossible, disproving religions is easy.
Strong Atheism is the more radical form of atheism that denies outright that there could be a god. It is a bit less logical seeing as how you can't logically arrive to that conclusion in any substansive way.
As for the comment "they had better be right. If he does exist they're in trouble". If any god exists and he's as big of a douche as religions make him out to be, everybody is in trouble, not just atheists. Any god that judges based on belief rather than actions is a god that will be a horrifying and unjust ruler. Any god willing to commit the atrocities religions ascribe to him with be a terrifying dictator of a deity.
As for the comment atheism has dogma, only in the most literal sense of the definition, in which case my affirmation that mint chocolate chip icecream is the best flavor is also dogma, and the government needs to start giving me tax breaks for my ice cream religion.
As for Faith being different from religion, I agree with that. Faith is belief in that which is intangible and unprovable by any logical or empirical means. Many people don't separate faith and religion, and I don't think simply believing in something unseen and unknowable, and unprovable makes one religious. Irrational maybe, but not necessarily religious. Faith only requires belief, religion requires adherence to dogmas set up by those that believe.
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