Well, I think I'd personally consider myself an atheist, in the tense that I don't follow any sort of religious dogma.
However, I do hold a belief that there may be some sort of external force that could have ignited the spark that is life: I mean, there are so many things and creatures that just cam BAM! right the heck outta nowhere, so much so that I doubt it was just happenstance and straight-up natural evolution.
Sometimes I wonder if we're not just a science experiment of some alien race. If one thinks about it, it could be feasible... For example, whenever we govern an ecosystem of small creatures of sourts, say an antfarm, the creatures are barely sentient enough to even know that we humans are even there. Who is to say that we are fully aware of what is governing us? How do we know there isn't some strange alien presence watching over us?
This, for all intents and purposes, could BE a god or deity of sourts. People can interpret it whatever way they wish, and I rightfully respect their opinion.
My problem with religion, though, is that some people use it to control the lives of other people. For example, there are still some who discriminate against homosexuals and other 'deviants' simply because 'God' forbids it. How are we to know what 'God' forbids and permits? Do we present rules for the ants in our antfarm, or do we just watch them in wonderment for what they are, fascinated at their society and function?
Ahh, enough of my blathering; I felt it necessary to reflect upon my own beliefs and such, for this post was intended to incite thought in its readers, not argument. ^^;;