Except that people were spiritual long before Jesus. And people remain spiritual in ways that have nothing to do with Christianity long after Jesus.

People were made by God. But God interrupted human history by sending his Son Jesus Christ to restore people back to Him.

If you read the NT there are several places where God's Message is called the doctrine of reconciliation.

God can control the measure of his Spirit that he grants to people.

You can be an atheist and the non worldly.

What is the percentage of Athiests right now? I could google it I guess. I voted never since I just don't see it happening but the people that voted for anything less than 100 years are out of their minds. The crutch that Religion provides coupled with the fear of death that 99% of Americans (or humans for that matter) have ensure that the majority don't become athiest.

** Grunch **

One day after the rapture.

the percentage that actually ID themselves in US polls as atheists is typically very small, usually around 2%. there's a lot of serious issues with bias and semantics at work with that question, though, so depending on how you define atheist the number could be much higher.

the percentage that ID as 'non-religious' is most recently 15-17%. this has doubled in the last 20 years.

fear of death is a bit of a false dichotomy, since many atheists believe in an afterlife.

where is the bastard option?

So, how do most here define atheist then? My definition was someone that doesn't believe in any higher being and believes when we die, that's all there is. No one I've ever known has defined it any other way to be honest.

There is so much irony here.

many in polls seem to be defining atheism it is the strong sense, since agnostics typically outnumber atheists.

also when it comes to polls there's a longstanding social stigma attached to the term atheist, which presumably makes many people hesitent to identify with it even if they technically qualify.

You really didn't explain what you view as "technically qualify".

simply lack of belief in a theistic god. belief or lack of belief in a soul or afterlife has nothing to do with it.

How do you define theistic god? Any god associated with a religion?

If that's the case, someone that believes in a God but not one that's specifically described in a religion can be an Atheist?

That would be more along the lines of a deist or perhaps pantheist. An atheist is someone who doesn't accept the claim that god(s) exists.

Says you and the scriptures you read. If you don't accept the validity of scriptures (which I don't), can you see how your above statement doesn't mean anything?