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And what of those who believe that they have proof for the nonexitence of god and hold staunchly to it? It seems that these 'atheists' are of the same camp as theists who believe in a god and hold staunchly to it. both sides are deluding themselfs from the skeptical standpoint. Those who arrive to atheism through skepticism seem to me to be of a fundamentally different nature than those who believe in the nonexistence of god, for the recognize that the possibility is open. Are these people not atheists or are they what atheists should be? Many atheistic arguments mirror theistic arguments in their logical structure but lead to opposite ends thus the structure is fallacious. The issue is about faith and nonfaith. Faithful atheists are of a different nature than skeptical atheists and actually, though they are diametrically opposed idealogically, have more in common with theists due to the structure of their beliefs.