Of the few Atheists I know, they are mostly arrogant and self-centered.
If you’re an Atheist reading this, think about it. You believe there is nothing after this life and no God, naturally you’re going to center your life around yourself as you are the only thing you’ve got, and your days are numbered. Naturally you’re self-centered. Maybe family centered.
Faith is a foreign concept.
I think the arrogant part comes in as a defense mechanism. All those Christians/Jews, I know better! But I’ve always thought behind every arrogant Atheist there is a person masking a pain/emptiness that God
could take away. Of course they couldn’t or wouldn’t ever admit to such a thing.
Probably not every Atheist is like this, but those I’ve encountered are.
I say that you’re right. God is. The most powerful words that He ever uttered were to Moses who asked what Name he should convey to the Hebrews as to Who their Deliverer was.
“I AM WHO AM.”
The Lord then said to Moses, “Tell your people that He Who Is shall deliver them out of the land of Egypt.”
AS an atheist I beg to differ. You see a link between religion and an after life. I see no logical reason for such an assumption. I believe the conciseness exists after physical death.
But I believe it's a natural phenomenon not a spiritual one.
Personally I think atheism is much more like an operational nihilistic hedonism in which the person is centered on the self: self gratification (if not openly, then under the guise of enlightenment) with only the submission to societal morals, ethics and standards without any supernatural consequences.
Essentially, I think atheists act as if there is no greater purpose of life and all is ultimately meaningless (nihilism) while feeding ones hungers and urges (basic desires as well as the desire to have peace of mind, intellectual superiority, etc.
It is for this reason (basking in perceived intellectual ‘freedom’ and superiority) that I think many atheists are so vehemently opposed to the idea of God.
Of course, this is simply a conjecture.