On Atheism

As an atheist I accept the fact that I'm responsible for my own actions.  As an atheist I accept the fact that I won't be forgiven for my on actions by a divine authority.  So what’s the difference between a big-A atheist and a small-A atheist?  For a big-A atheist the lack of a God is the most important thing in their lives, as it was for the late Madalyn Murray O'Hair.  For a small-A atheist the lack of a God is simply the a consequence of someone’s philosophy and taking responsibility for one’s own life, as it was for the late Ayn Rand.  Also a small-A atheist notices the labor camps and mass graves generated by the practitioners of Socialism.  To a big-A atheist slavery and mass murder doesn’t matter.  To a small-A atheist slavery and mass murder do matter.  There’s more to Atheism than a lack of belief in God, live with it.  Adoption of Marxism is generally the result of rejecting Reason.  Adopting Objectivism as a philosophy is often the result of embracing Reason.