Please only comment on existing ones to explain something specific. Upvote my comments on the post if they apply to you. Upvote comments on comments to acknowledge them (ie even if they don’t apply to you). Ive noticed polls can get clogged with more detailed explanations, so I think having my comments be designated as the only poll options to insure the accuracy of the poll. Please don’t downvote things that don’t apply to you.
My stance isn’t very common so I’m just gonna explain briefly.
I have faith in the absence of god and reality of the material universe just like any religious person have faith in God. I rejected agnosticism because agnosticism rejects conviction. I feel closer to believers because I have a conviction about a metaphysical concept, therefore I can relate to them. When someones bless me by God’s name I feel their warmth and sincerity a lot more than when I was agnostic. I know what it is to believe.
So paradoxically, my strong atheist philosophy got me more understanding to religious people!