Are Atheists optimists or pessimists?

Atheists don't believe in any god. That's all they have in common

I find it funny that many theists feel that they can unite in opposition to atheism as if Atheism was some kind of coherent ideology, and in fact the atheists tend to agree far more with all theists about all other religions (except for one) , than theists of different faiths agree with each other.

A lot of religious folks apply this type of black and white thinking. Optimist versus pessimist. Good versus Evil. Right versus left etc.

The only unifying quality I've seen in a lot of atheists I know is a sense of realism and a bit less of this black and white thinking. I think you need it somewhat to break free from religion in a culture where it's the dominant way of thinking.

No indicators that would support the argument.

It would be like someone stating without being able to show evidence to support their argument, that some people who claim to be a believer/religious show strong indicators of just using the term as an excuse for being a cúnt or for their mental health issues etc.

@realitykeeper You seem to contradict yourself in two different posts.

In the first one, you say:

"My guess is wayward Jews would have been dismissive of impending danger from the Nazi regime as they were probably less religious and less inclined to think things through."

Despite ignoring the fact that it wouldn't have been as easy for oppressed people to just up and leave as they wished, you seem to draw a line between people being less religious and less inclined to think about things.

In the same post, you also suggest people of 'little faith' favour change that might make things better yet that doesn't align with your idea that the less religious Jews didn't do anything and just accepted things as they were under the Nazis.

Later, you say:

"I find that when I speak to Atheists they sometimes throw a lot of these questions at me and I tell them we don't have all the answers. We will never have all the answers and I thank God for that. Wouldn't life be terrible without some mystery left in it."

Here, you describe atheists as inquisitive and you 'thank God' that there's 'some mystery' in life. So are you yourself the one not contemplating things, something you suggested led to 'wayward' Jews ending up in Auschwitz?

Your argument is an incoherent mess, though I doubt you're being entirely sincere.

Faith is, IMO, just wishful thinking. How can you "know" that it is pointless to look for proof of God? Or "know" that humanity was never meant to discover evidence of God? You have decided that these things are "just true", because your gut instinct tells you so. Faith is deciding to believe something - usually something you want to be true - and dressing up your acceptance of lack of evidence as something positive.

I (once) believed in God, but once I figured out how "faith" meant I was simply deceiving myself, faith became just another error in my thinking, due to indoctrination as a child, that I was able to move past.

That isn't very Christian now is it, more like projection

Soviet communists were as anti-science as any theists, nothing which could possibly call their ideology into question was permitted.

The reasons communism has been doomed to failure at every place and time it has been attempted are to do with human nature not atheism. Some communists were theists.

Of course we now see your chum Putin encouraging the revival of religion in Russia, it suits his purposes very well.

What utter guff.