No Religion? Here Are 7 Types of Non-Believers (Alternet)

[NeoGreen]

12. To be sure...

...the term does have its "shock" value, and I do use it to great effect when I detect a faither’s aura of superiority, greater knowledge and privilege suffusing to the surface. However, my beef is with the origin, and how it is reflecting off a state of theism. I feel that it was coined based on their terms so that they might have a chance to intellectually grasp the concept.

I prefer to use terms for non-belief that indicate not only do I reject their claim, but that their claim doesn’t even merit a reference (e.g. Freethinker, Humanist and Realist).

I'm not a theist, I'm a Realist, or if you must, an Atheist.