There is no such thing as a true atheist. people may fiercely reject (or even hate) God as defined in the Bible, but there's still a determination deep within them to either believe or not. Everything boils down to that.
You know... I really wanted to avoid getting into yet another religious argument with you because frankly, they always amount to be one giant waste of time and energy on my part. But this statement is so incredibly presumptuous and self-righteous I just can't let it go.
Yes... there is such a thing as a true atheist, and if you want sociological proof of this then I suggest you spend some time in China, a country where religion is practically outlawed and the majority of the country's citizens live in communal settlements in the middle of nowhere with NO access to Western ideas. They are born into life without the concept of religion hovering over their heads, and most Chinese peasants know not to bring religion into their communities because they will most likely end up imprisoned or executed. If you went to West China and asked a peasant if they believed in Jesus, they would look at you as if you were INSANE. Same thing if you mentioned God... and if you tried to explain such a concept to them, they would probably consider you a witch and have you transported to one of China's luxurious prisons.
But let's look beyond governmental barriers to faith for one moment and dissect your statement further: It just baffles me that you are unable to believe that there is such thing as a true atheist in Western society. I mean, it is ASTOUNDING. You have become trapped in such a narrow little box plastered in Biblical wall paper that you are unable to actually THINK LOGICALLY about the world around you. Buddhists are atheists (well, they're supposed to be, anyway), and they follow doctrinal rules which are not based on any idea of theism whatsoever. We have several million Buddhists in this country who go about their day without thinking about God or trying to disassociate themselves from Western theology. And as for atheists... maybe some do secretly believe in God. But the majority do not. The reason why they continue to protest religion has N.O.T.H.I.N.G. to do with some sort of secret belief of theirs; instead, they protest the fact that many Christians have bastardized their faith and have tried to destroy the founding principles of this country by inserting religion into EVERY SINGLE level of our government-- from the courts to the legislature and even to the executive, in every state and at the federal level. It doesn't have to do with their "secret belief in God" as you Christian extremists tend to say.
But hey, let's take a page from your book for a second... because you continue to avidly denounce homosexuality, you must be a homosexual; and because you continue to mock atheists, you yourself must be an atheist.
See how that works? Does that not offend you?
Really, Moviefan, you need to put down the Bible for a day and start to invest in logic.
