ZenMonkey
St. James VII
I do see a contradiction. Why don't you say you're Christian?
The technical term atheists don't believe in deities. But you still believe in God/life. So you believe in a different view of god than most Christians but the Bible doesn't describe "what" god is.
You believe in God. Which you could say atheist of you go by the technical definition. I don't know if atheists can describe the god they don't believe in. So it's more laying with definitions
Terms .. like the term logos or Word like in John 1 ,,, You know, communication, divine utterance, language, expression, etc. Here in America there's a think we like to term ... freedom of speech. That's in direct relation to John 1 where in the begining was and God was and all things were ... and then on to the word became and dwelt among but some loved hiding from instead of that light ... and that seems to be what we have here today and yesterday and years before. I can secular terms, religious terms and it's still the same for me and backed by scripture, as in the bible, but then as I stated, some love darkness more than and pretty much hide themselves from that particular light. you know ... the way, the "truth' and the life ... you know ... LIFE what is true and the way for all who exist.