I call myself agnostic but it's not without a wince when I say the word. It seems so fence-sitting, to not even have conviction that you have no conviction. Also, I never believed that "believing just in case" was any kind of real belief at all.
I like to believe we are all energy. When we die, that energy goes back into the natural world, not into some spiritual realm. I may lean on my heritage when I say that 'nature' is our god.
I liked what foot says about believing in as many gods as he can.
I went to a Catholic elementary school. I remember being a kid lying awake at night trying to process 'eternity' and not just eternity but our role in it. Like, if you lied to your mom you would burn in eternal hellfire. No, you are done. That is it. You effed up and now you will suffer for 'all of eternity.' When we were in Jr Hi we had to go to CCD classes. In HS, it was up to us. I didn't go back.
I'd love to believe there is some kind of magical paradise we get to go to, a place where our loved ones are. But hoping for that belief does not make me a believer.
However, for the purpose of this poll, I will have to say "not atheist."