I don't like any label that defines me.

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I'm comfortable with the word, but I prefer to call myself a non-theist (even though it really means the same thing) just because a lot of people have a visceral reaction to the word "atheist" and append their own baggage to the word, making productive conversation harder in some cases. When fewer assumptions are made about what I believe (or don't believe), the more opportunities there are to have fruitful discussions.

I realize the question is talking more about the need for the label, and I've heard the argument that we don't have a word for people who lack belief in leprechauns or don't believe in healing crystals, etc., which is true, but it's not merely because they are non-belief concepts that we don't have a word for it. The majority of people don't believe in those things. That's not the case with belief in God or gods. The reason we have a word for the nonbeliever is because the majority view is theistic. It's similar to how people who don't believe the world is round are "flat-earthers" and we don't have a real label for people who accept that the earth is round. I think it has less to do with whether the claim is positive or negative, or whether it's true or false, and more about describing the outliers.

I think that image of G#d pushed at us by most organized religion is not only a grave insult to common sense but if G#d actually existed he/she/it would be supremely pissed at the triviality with which believers tend to describe "G#d" - a petty humourless, vindictive, narrowminded bureaucrat.
As for the term "atheist" - it has a ring of "believing" that there is no G#d (in the absence of possibility of proof). The best I can say - and stay intellectually honest is that existence G#d is highly unlikely taking into accounts facts known to me.

Extremely comfortable.

I think Atheist is just a word made up by people who want other people to believe what they believe.

Very comfortable; and indifferent to what others may think.

The word is a real word, with the meaning it has. There is no need to deny it describes you, But take ownership and include the context that atheist is a word that theists need, not atheists, and explain how there is commonly some inaccurate/inappropriate/irrational associations with the word among some theists.

I understand your point about the idea of labeling us as atheist. However, considering the way in which the English language is structured, we need an adjective to identify ourselves as non-believers. Since atheist has become the official term in the English language, I have no problem being labeled as atheist.

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No problem.

Yes.

Very comfortable

I am a devout atheist, and believe atheism makes pecfect, logical sense. Follow along: amoebas who were brainless, virtually shapeless forms of early life, supposedly somehow multiplied and developed into a higher form of life???? What about dinosaurs, again, brainless forms of life who basically scavenged for food when the only food was tree bark and greenery. Did God then say " OOPS, made a mistake, don't quite like this life form", and so instead of vaporizing these poor creatures, he covered the earth with a thick black cloud and suffocated these poor animals to death. Can you even imagine gasping for air where there is no air left to sustain these life.
I have lived in my own personal hell for over half a century, and for 35 of those hellish years prayed to a God that never once answered my prayers. There is no loving, kind merciful God that would create a thing to suffer from birth to death. There are dinosaur bones, proof of both Cro-magnum and Neanderthal man, the skeleton Lucy, but nothing showing a compassionate loving entity watching over His Supposed creations.

To use it in some circumstances it seems harsh, especially here in the south USA. Sometimes I politely just say I am not a believer, or I might say I have found no compelling proof that it really helps anyone or is true. I have done many things for my community and have heard that people have said they didn't think an atheist would be as giving or helpful. I simply say we are all humans and are in this struggle called life together.

Meh.

I don't think we should justify what we do or don't believe atheist have been around a lot longer than any religion.

I don't like the baggage that comes with the word - but then again, it doesn't really apply to me. I am more comfortable with the term "non-theist".

I'm unfortunately very uncomfortable with the word atheist even though it is the most common term that would describe me. Though I suppose I'm technically anti-thiest. I'm an introverted person and I don't like conflict so I don't like using a word out loud to someone who doesn't know me. There's such a stigma against atheists that's mostly why I hesitate to use the word in conversation. Luckily it doesn't come up in conversation very often.

I understand what you are saying and rather agree but I don't mind saying Im an atheist.

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I am very comfortable with using Atheist as my label. I am actively involved in our local Atheist community, and we try to de-stigmatize the word by using it in our everyday life. I have had some believers who behaved as though I had the plague when they learned of my Atheism, but they usually come back around after they realize I am the same person they knew before .

Very comfortable.

People always try to label things. Try to put everything in it's own little box. Each person should be allowed to think, wonder, love, and be free as long as they are not hurting someone else or imposing their will on somebody else. How can one have an honest discussion when people are labeled as snowflakes, progressives, libtards, Rebuplicrats, liberals, conservative, anti-Semitic, conspiracy theorist, etc. You get the idea. Republican/Democrat no matter the end result is the same. We the people are under attack, and so often the "official" explanation is contrary to the facts but most choose to believe it anyway.