I am an atheist who writes on this stuff. My latest book is "The Words That Created God: An Atheist Reveals the True Meaning of the Ten Commandments." The true divide is not between "believers" and "non-believers" so as much between "those who believe" and &qu...

To me, as a lifelong atheist, being an atheist is not a rejection of faith or religion as such, but a rejection of rigid belief. Most people regard faith and belief as the same. They are not. You can have faith and not believe in God. This sounds strange, but it is a long-standing theological argume...