"I ought to call myself an agnostic; but, for all practical purposes, I am an atheist." - Bertrand Russell Atheism, I find, is often misunderstood. To a significant number of people, it is seen as a firm belief that God does not/cannot exist - meaning it's 'just as bad' as religion itself. This is wrong. Calling Atheism a belief (or 'belief system' as I made the mistake of referring to it in an…