If you are a believer of any faith and want to understand what the heck atheists are constantly brawling about, this list is for you.

Atheists are growing in numbers with estimates as high as 16% of the worldwide population. However, they don’t flock together and seldom organize themselves into institutions, so you only hear about atheism when your offbeat friend starts babbling about how evil your holy scripture really is. I’m one of those odd guys, twice, as I’m atheist and also vegan, which are both labeled counter-culture positions. How does it make me think differently from a believer?

Here is the ultimate top 10 things list you need to know about atheists.

1. Atheists just go one god further

You will easily deny any god from all other religions and you probably take your scripture with a grain of salt – or do you believe in Thor or in miracles? Oh my goodness, you are almost an atheist!

We get it, religion is deep in our upbringing. As children, we count our blessings at dinner, we are told about how Santa will bring us gifts if we behave, how god is watching over us and ready to drop us in hell if we sin – unless we pray to god and for Jesus who died for all our sins. Face it, it’s very difficult for a child to grow a critical view at religion while kneeling in submission to a figure of a dead man nailed to a cross. Muslims are a whole different ball game – more on this later – and as a Jew, you won’t even dream of skipping your Bar / Bat Mitzvah, so your father can stop being responsible for your sins and finally have a rest.

You could argue those 3 religions share the same Abrahamic god. But what about Buddha, Zeus, Apollo, Krishna or Thor? You certainly don’t think they are all real. Here is a list of all the new and old gods that you don’t believe in. Atheists just go one god further. Yours.