Foolestroupe: "...But if the atheist is also a non-spiritualist, and believes that the human personality (and all the ideas that it creates, including magical sky fairy religions and various forms of eternal life)...?

I guess I could have picked a number of posts, to comment on, but there is something in this one, that pops out...and has a lot to do with people's concept of 'religion' verses 'truth'.

In the beginning, God created man after his own image....and ever since, man has been trying to return the favor!

Maybe, the whole of everything, is bigger than your imagination.

As to 'the true test' (thread topic, lest we forget), I guess you could shut up the argument, in your own head.....if you can. Who's arguing? Probably your sense of reality, versus the way you want it to be!.....Then, one of the 'voices' will still be with you, and one won't...when you 'die'....Being as energy cannot be created nor destroyed, what about conscious energy?....Is yours an unattached island, in a sea of nothing??
Don't drown!

GfS