If you ask me, that's the whole point. There are belief structures out there, such as Buddhism, which are inherently atheistic, but atheism isn't what defines them. Holding a position of atheism is just one aspect of what defines a person and their actions. The rest you can figure out for yourself.
It has often been my experience that the more people realize that they don't need bronze age dogma to dictate or legitimize their beliefs, the happier they seem to become.
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