An example of a REAL atheist living according to his beliefs would be the main character in the movie "Natural Born Killers."
As the apostle Paul said, and I paraphrase, "if there is no God, then we of all men are most acursed. We should eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die."
That is the creed of the TRUE atheist. For without God, life truly has no meaning whatsoever. Even the extermination of all mankind - or it's proliferation, would be totally irrelevant>>>
I wouldnt go so far as to pigeonhole a Real atheist as being the characters in Natural Born Killers.
Saying such a thing is offbase and causes strife, not communication with non-theists.
My grandmother is a double Phd and spent half
her life as a non believer. (Non belief based on childhood events such as witnessing the Flu Epidemic of 1918 in Philadelphia and her next door neighbors who were 14
and 15 having sex with young Catholic priests)
She is
very closed off to discussing spiritual matters but came to believe very deeply against her own wishes.
She says I didnt want to believe in God but he exists anyway.
My grandmother has been a very good person as both a non believer and a believer.
"1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."
I was quoting that same verse yesterday on another thread.
I do not consider your grandmother an atheist. I met a man one time who hated God. His wife left him and he blamed God for it. Maybe your grandmother is a Deist or an agnostic, but based on the limited information in your post, I would suspect she is an agnostic.
I make my comments about atheists for "shock value" to some professing atheists. It is not to convince them of anything. It is to make them think after they leave my presence. As Brian Tracy said, "The Teaching is in the words. The LEARNING is in the silence."