Can be a force for good

My feeling is that Atheism is simply the umbrella under which many forms of Humanism fall. (Secular Humanism, Spiritual Humanism, but not Religious Humanism)

Atheism is not in itself instructive or solution oriented, while Humanism leans toward presenting a positive life stance that reaches a hand across the table with human values everyone can agree with, regardless of religious background, by leaving the religious myths and supernatural entities out of presentation. For me, it's the common denominator of all religions, some human values everyone can agree with.

I consider myself to be both Atheist and Agnostic, but more precisely, under that umbrella, Humanist. Under the umbrella of Humanism, I more precisely consider myself to be a Spiritual Humanist, and that is mostly to satisfy the government that I am a clergy member, which allows me to perform marriages with the title "Minister of Spiritual Humanism" meaning that I administer to the spirit of Humanists, by inspiring and enshrining the positive human values, such as honesty, honor, trust, integrity, etc., which make living harmoniously with each other possible.

As a clergy member of [SpiritualHumanism.org], it simply means that I clicked a button online that says "Ordain me," because I agree with this statement: "We can solve the problems of society using a religion based on reason."

Humanism is solution based for the greater good of humanity. As it states in the article: The American Humanist Association defines Humanism as: "A progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity."

I think atheism is a pretty straightforward answer to a simple question: “Do you believe in a god or gods?” “No.” Boom.

I'd say that splitting atheists from secular humanists is creating a false dichotomy (an unneeded and perhaps false splitting of typically leftist groups)

I stopped following The Big Think because, as of Nov 2018, TBT is wrapped up with and is one of the many mouthpieces of the Koch Brothers. That's perfect for creating media that splits the left.

However, I do agree with the premise of the article, which is simply that one of the greatest downfalls of atheism, is that it does not offer "social capital", where this is what religious communities offer in spades.