It is hard for me to imagine anyone believes in atheism to the point of "there is no God nor Gods". This has to be a red flag that someone is in nothing more than a state of denial as there is no way to prove there is "not" a higher power. It must be that people, who classify themselves under this belief, cannot face that some power "might" exist that they "may" have to answer to in some way.
In my youth (teens and early twenties) I use to be agnostic and simply did not know if a God(s) existed or how anything really came about. In my school years, they clearly showed how similar we were to apes and concluded that we evolved from them millions of years ago. It seemed the "stories" I was taught out of the Bible were probably just fantasy and believed by those that never read all these great science books of that time. After all, it is written in a book by people who had all that higher learning so they must know what they are talking about.
At one time, I actually said that the Bible had a lot of good knowledge but that was about it. Of course, this came from a person who had not read but a small fragment of the Bible. I did not realize at that point that you cannot accept the Bible as merely a good book of knowledge, either you believe it and that God it clearly shows or it is all just rubbish written by people who are liars and out to deceive. After all, it claims:
- there is only one God
- who has always existed and will always exist
- who has all power and knowledge
- who created and controls all things
- who is without change
- mankind is in a fallen state and needs to be redeemed
- there is a life after the current life where everyone will be judged
That is just for starters! Why would anyone want to accept any part of the book if the God it describes does not exist?
Okay, back to the main point! Is it truly possible not to believe in any chance of some kind of higher power that is eternal? How would you prove it? Has someone visited every place in the entire universe and find out there is no God(s) there? Oh, wait, that would require someone being in every place throughout the entire universe at one time to make sure there was no God(s). It is impossible to prove there is not a God(s) somewhere and thus is why atheism that goes as far as to deny any possibility of the existence of some kind of deity is just as impossible, which means anyone that believes this way clearly is in denial. That is not to say there is a God(s), it just means everyone logically must admit there is a chance of the existance of a God(s) and thus actually be an agnostic.
I have no problem with people that are agnostic and allows for a possibility of a God(s), but to completely deny any possibility is simply foolish. Even the Bible in Palms 53:1 says "the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God".
If a person is not open to at least the thought of the possibility of a higher power, then maybe it is just not there time yet. Hopefuly, they will find out before they meet that higher power!
For a bit more on this, see the post:
http://www.theawakening.com/Articles/I_AM_An_Explanation_of_Existence.aspx