That is also atheism. Atheism isn't the belief (as faith, as dogmatic truth), that no god exists. I think only a few people over the world are really believing that. Atheism at it's core is, not believing a god exists. Thats a difference. Atheism is the abscense of belief, not the belief of something doesn't exists. Most atheists will handily accept, if proper proof is shown a god existed all the time. But as long this proof doesn't exists, believing in god is for atheists the same as believing in werewolfes.

Agnostics are usually more open to the idea, that there might be some god. The difference is cloudy in my opinion. But putting the definition as you do, nearly all atheist are really agnostics (including Dawkins, if you read carefully what he writes).

You get atheism wrong. Atheism is the lack of faith in god, not the faith no god exists.

I never had a faith, I just wasn't raised to believe a certain religion.

I actually don't have trouble with religious people, I just never bring it up, and thankfully neither do they.

There have been a few exceptions; my brother's bitch of an ex once asked me if I believed my Dad was in heaven, and when I said I didn't believe in heaven she went on about me being horrible for not believing he was, and saying life would be pointless with heaven afterwards. I gave her a piece of my mind alright.

For a few years I was religious/spiritual, but it was never any organised religion, and even though I was religious, I never exactly believed.

I chose to act under the assumption that there was some benevolent force(s) that were looking out for me, and judging me, because at that stage of my life, I needed that. It's similar to scientific fields, where we take an assumption we know to be false/incomplete and use it to produce a good model/result.

It gave me someone to talk to without having to label myself crazy.

I stopped being religious when I reached the point where it was no longer necessary, I was happier, doing better and my life was right on track.

Excellent explanation of the differences in the terms. I should have get myself to reading it up on Wikipedia, but I was too lazy. Thanks for this great posts, it makes a it a lot better to understand, what we are discussing about.

I only beleive in things i can see.

If god(s) will punish people only for disbelieving in him/her/them, while he/she/them also shows no proof of the existance, that would not be agood religion. I would avoid believing that only because I think it is not right.

I it always a choice if one believe's in a god or particular god? I myself have done my best to have an open mind to the existence of god but have yet to find sufficient evidence for me to believe this claim. I cannot simply decide to believe that their is a god no more than i can believe the earth revolves around the sun untill i see evidence otherwise.

What people do have a choice in is listening to other people's argument's from the other side and defend thier belief's. If some people try hard enough they can convince themselves of allmost anything.

I'm saying it's not worth following the religion of the Abrahamic god since that's one evil being. He gives man free will to make of the world what he can, so when men don't believe in god (because of the free will god gave men) god decides to flood the world, killing everything in it - except for Noah and the animals he could gather. Is that a just god? That's like as if a parent would give their kid a toy, and as soon as the kid starts to play with the toy the parent would start hitting the child. Is that not evil and psycopathic?

I've actually never talked with an atheistic muslim... I'm quite curious; what did turn you off in Islam? Being born and raised in a christian country, I know what puts ME off in Christendom, as well as what puts my friends off in it - but I've never heard what turns a muslim atheist...