What is the difference between Atheists and Non-believers?

Aww he'll I guess I am a fool.

Religion is the way to explain the unexplainable.

Atheists..and surveys have shown this..are the most knowledgeable abou religions.

Thanks for your reply.

In general that is probably very true and really doesn’t surprise me.

So I'm curious, does the fact that atheists-in-progress have a need to dissect religion contribute to why they eventually become full blown atheists? Seriously, acceptance, not skepticism, is the crux of faith. Is the need to “understand” getting in the way of their ability to believe?

I want to believe AND understand and I think that is what God wants to. Christians do you agree or disagree.

Also I don't like atheists term because it means anti religion. While for me I will respect others views and do believe that people have the right to their beliefs...just not imposing it on others

Again....it comes down the the QUESTION............


WHAT IS GOD?

What is the difference between Atheists and Non-believers?


What say you?

Atheist lack of orthodoxy has made it nearly impossible to know how to respond to this question since except for their chauvinism in their own infallible and certain opinions about there being no God this is about the only thing any of them ever shared in common together as a general group. But ironically now the atheists seem to be evolving atheism into a "religion of non-belief" to make them selves more uniform and orthodox - a true non-believer if you will. They are in fact taking on the trappings of religion and are to the point now where they are actively trying to evangelize and proselytize people into their [un]belief system of thinking (or to take the plunge into the baptismal font and the hubris of absolute certainty of unbelief if you will).

Semantically I would say that the term "unbelievers" differs since it must include the transient state of agnostics who are often still "searching" but not yet militantly committed to declaring themselves a dyed in the wool atheist. As such there can be seen modesty and lack of conviction (or perhaps simple sloth at play to get them out of their EZ chairs to actively seek answers) in the term "unbelievers" who are more like Doubting Thomas's than they are like the stone walls of Jericho that attempt to stand up (but fell) against the whole idea of God.

But lacking a formal orthodoxy I doubt if more than the zealous subscribers to the ad-hoc tenants of Atheism and "unbelief" would split hairs over any differences. Why should believers?