Atheist is a convenient term. I said in my initial post that I'm more accurately an obligate agnostic (we can't "know") and also aspiritual (I have no spiritual beliefs of any sort) and an apatheist (the question of whatever the supernatural exists is of no consequence to me and I don't care.)

Also, to add to the mix I'm a scientist. Professionally. By training and as a career. You're getting riled up at the wrong guy and it's fruitless getting riled up the way you are anyway. Definitely rail against religion in public life, in politics, its place in society, that's healthy and constructive discourse. The rise of religious "ethics" in national and international politics is worrying. I just mean that commenting on reddit threads talking about the bible and its place in literary cannon with scathing comments about how religious people are deluded? Okay, I 100% agree with you from a personal perspective, but it's no good for your blood pressure and not helping anyone. I still hold all the same opinions as I did in my "edgy anti-religion" phase, I just realised nobody cares what I think about what they personally believe, and nor should they.