Guide to Atheism

About.com has a good section on Atheism. Some quotes:

Because of atheism’s long-standing association with freethought, anti-clericalism, and dissent from religion, many people seem to assume that atheism is the same as anti-religion. This, in turn, seems to lead people to assume that atheism is itself a religion – or at least some sort of anti-religious ideology, philosophy, etc. This is incorrect. Atheism is the absence of theism; by itself, it isn’t even a belief, much less a belief system, and as such cannot be any of those things.

It’s not obvious that the existence or desires of gods should matter to us.

Perhaps the most basic reason for not believing in any gods is the absence of good reasons for doing so.

There’s lots of articles there and it  would be a good resource for anyone who wants a quick way to explore the common ideas and arguments regarding atheism.

~Ian