Re: Athiests; a question.
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I never really considered Buddists true atheists because ..
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Either the entity fits the definition or it doesn't. If it fits, it's an X, if it doesn't, it's a non-X. "True" is almost always superfluous.
In the west, I agree with you, soul-seeking athiests are rare. I agree that most are rational, but I know some that are atheists for reasons that aren't all that rational, but they are still atheists, since that's a description of their position on a god, not on how they got there.
What other attributes ( trustworthiness, morals, rationality, etc) they typically have is simply outside the definition. If all the atheists I know are french that doesn't become part of what defines atheism.
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