I admit that I have not read the many good replies listed here on this thread;therefore I am not aware of whose toes are being stepped on. I hope no one's toes.

There are no real atheist. If you say you are an atheist, it is only by a narrow definition that you made up. That ? thing is bull shit. In order to question or do any type of thinking, you must have a premise on which you base reality. Without this you would just be an animal or no being at all. It comes down to this, everybody believes in something absolute or there would be no premises upon which to base thinking. Everybody who thinks by definition also believes whether you want to admit it or not. Get over it, the Master Lives.