Food for Thought...

Even though I am no longer a closeted atheist, some people can't seem to deal with the fact that I once strongly believed in god and now I simply don't. Many times, when I tell someone I don't believe in any gods their immediate answer is, "The devil has deceived you child!" or I get a disapproving moan and "I'm going to pray for you honey." I rarely run across a believer who asks me why I chose this path, instead of judging me and offering up some type of supernatural remedy to my disbelieving mind. My co-worker is no exception. She sends out these daily devotionals via e-mail and I politely asked her to stop. She refused because she didn't want to be responsible for, "starving [me] spiritually."
I have also received all kinds of strange questions that I guess are supposed to challenge the legitimacy of my non-belief. Someone asked me once if I was going to stop using U.S. Currency because it says 'In God We Trust' on it. I told them that the idea was absolutely ludicrous. Just because I use money with those words, doesn't mean I support the words. A friend of mine asked me if atheists gather together to talk about atheism, isn't it technically a religion? No. That's like saying political parties or AA are religions because people gather to discuss commons goals or beliefs. It has been described as a movement to end the stigma on the title atheist, but it is far from a religion. Atheism is a lack of belief in gods. That's it. That's all. End of story. Can I get more logical questions now?