Just remember - atheism is the religion of materialism.
Some BELEIVE there is a god
Some BELEIVE there is no god.
No matter how you slice it - it is a belief system and it becomes a religion when you invoke unsupported faith-based assumptions. The atheist assumption is materialism and the god-beleivers assumption is God(s).
Actually (responding to some of the above posts), I'd say I am an atheist, not an agnostic --- because there never can be "definitive proof" of a prime mover or organizer of all life/matter. As a scientist and rational thinker, you would just want to know where THAT [something someone points to, and calls a God] came from.... hence, I'd term myself an atheist, not an agnostic. Don't like to be wishy washy on these issues. So, I'm taking a "stand."
Bracing for responses... :O)
4L
"Just remember - atheism is the religion of materialism."
What do you mean by that?
Why can there not be evolution and ID in the same physical world?
Dang!
You make it so simple! ;^)