Awesome article. I think that most agnostics are in fact atheists if the definition of atheist means "I don't believe in a theist God." I think the reason most agnostics prefer that label is because atheism has been wrongly equated with nihilism. The word atheist conjures up this image of some cold intellectual unwilling to bend to any possibility of spirituality or meaning in life. In fact, there are strong atheists (who are more apt to say they have a firm and complete understanding of the world through science - the end) and weak atheists (who simply say I do not believe in God big G). I happen to believe that many Eastern traditions and philosophies (like Buddhism which I need to read more about) can fit into an atheistic worldview just fine. Anyway, thanks so much for posting this. Next week (oh no, starting tomorrow) is videoblogging week and I hope to devote a video each day to this very topic.