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No, atheists don't go to anti-church, or try to put the smoke back into incense. But they begin their beliefs from a position of faith.
Robert A. Heinlein once wrote (approximately), "There is no compelling evidence supporting the theory of life after death. Neither is there any evidence against it. Soon enough you will know, so why worry about it?"
Is there any evidence to show that God DOESN'T exist? And if there isn't any, why doesn't denying the existence of God count as an act of faith? You don't really know there's no God; you just believe it. Personally I have no idea who's right and who's wrong so I go with the true system of evidence and non-faith: a-gnosticsm. What happens when you die? i dunno. Does God exist? i dunno.
