There is an international group that has been formed to re-label our group. It is known as the Brights (noun). [the-brights.net] I am a member. Problem is that the term 'Atheist' has a negative connotation and people don't want to be identified with such a negative group. Languages change and, for some of us we want a more positive spin like Godfree and Childfree (less can be a negative word).

Just labels

Its only words.

It does not matter what you call yourself , as long as you are clear when asked about your position. I usually call myself an agnostic atheist, as I think would most people here, at least those who are well informed. But I am happy to regard anyone in the skeptical spectrum as a fellow, be they, agnostic atheist, atheist, agnostic, gnostic atheist, agnostic, skeptic, humanist and even deist. Because wherever you stand on that issue, remember, that gods only affect lives if you believe that you have messages from them. The big difference is not between skeptics but with those who think that a god/gods gives the directions, a silent god is harmless, and pointless just as much as a none existent god. Therefore I am also happy to be called a 'board church skeptic'.

P.S. Beware a little trick that theists sometimes play, where they define god in terms so vague that no one could deny, disprove or object to it. And then when they have got you to agree that that definition is acceptable, even to you, they suddenly start talking about their own personal sky daddy, with no mention of the massive leap they just made.

Labels again! Why we are all so keen to put tags on ourselves baffles me. Call yourselves whatever you like...but the bottom line is I do not believe that that there is any proof of a creator, god, or gods. That makes me a disbeliever, and also an atheist and an agnostic, but above all a freethinker. I am also a skeptic, and not just when it comes to religious belief, but on any other daft unproven phenomenon, such as ghosts, ghoulies, and things that go bump in the night, flying saucers, crop circles, conspiracy theories, and that the world is flat and we will fall of the edge if we venture too far! The credulity of the truly gullible seems to know no bounds, but surely here on this site we can just be rational and agree to call ourselves whatever term we feel comfortable with, or none at all.

I am an agnostic atheist.

I am an atheist because I absolutely do not believe any gods exist; and atheism is simply the lack of belief in any gods.

I am agnostic because I acknowledge that I do not have all of the knowledge of the universe, or universes. Whether or not there is some sort of god being/ consciousness is something that simply cannot be known; and agnosticism is a claim about knowledge.

Until there is a reason for me to believe there is some sort of universal consciousness, or god being, I will not believe there is one, or more. And, if absolute proof is provided belief will not necessary. It will then be about either accepting or rejecting the evidence provided.