Tokis-Phoenix said:I am a religious person (learning buddhism), but never have i thought i was protected by some "greater force" as you put it.
Many Buddhist are de facto Atheists who follow some particular moral discipline. Buddha never claimed to be a god or that there was any god. Hence real Buddhists are Atheists (or Pantheists, which is about the same, just a matter of definition).
The definition of Atheist is basically somone who does not believe in the existance of God or gods, you can lead a religious existance in some senses and still be an atheist.
So you define yourself as a "religious Atheist" then ?