No need to apologize, Nick.
I am not an atheist. Just wanted to point out that some atheists believe there is an afterlife. Buddhists also believe in an afterlife, but do not believe in God (or any god per se). Many people misinterpret Buddhist ideals as actually being gods, but those ideals are really different aspects of one's spirit. Now, Buddhists are more appropriately non-theistic as opposed to atheists in general, but that is a fine hair to be splitting ...
Ian