Being referred to as an atheist is more of a semantic thing for me, I'm not exactly a non believer in god or gods any more than I'm a non-stamp collector I just can't see any rationality in, or viable reason to think there's any such thing as a he she or it thing often referred to as a god in the first place to not believe in.

The above is my reason for not being particularly keen on being referred to as an atheist, it's not an accurate description of my stance on this subject where as I am a non-religious person but then having said that lot it doesn't phase, (bother), me that much if I'm referred to as an atheist.

I live here in the U K so there's no need for me to have any reason to worry what anyone else thinks about my non belief in any of the religions, if anyone is offended because I'm not a religious person, well that's for them to worry about, not me.

Regards ippy

What annoys me is that it is a negative term. Now that less than half of the population of the UK are religious the atheist label can be dismissed with and believers should be labelled theists.