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Would you still consider yourself an atheist if we were to redefine what it means to be God?
For example:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. God is perceived to have magical like powers.
Atheism is solidly based on logic. Logic states that there's no such things as magic and that, statistically, there are other civilizations (very different from us) living on other planets (some of which may be more technologically advanced than us).
What if we are the product of one of those advanced civilizations? Would that make them Gods to us? Especially if they could wipe us off the face of the planet in a blink of an eye? Would you call them God just so that they wouldn't kill us?
Most living things strive for self survival and species survival (maybe not all species in that order, but close enough). Maybe it's not logical for an individual or a species to strive for survival (i.e., the human race ;) but for arguments sake, I'll say it is logical to pursue survival. Therefore, if an advanced civilization told us to worship it or risk extinction, it would make sense for us to comply.
So..., faced with a dilema where an advanced species told us it created us (regardless of whether it was true or not) and that we should thus worship it or perish, which would you chose? Would you still say, "I am an atheist, hear me roar! There is no God. Therefore you are not God and thus not worthy of my worship. Besides..., I have better things to do..., like posting something on CD ;)" or would you bend your knee, bow and say, "Yes my lord and master. Glory be onto you. Praise thee for thou are a true, just, and merciful ruler (even if you would use your power to destroy us for disagreeing with you ;)."
I would probably do the later but that's because I'm agnostic. So are most atheists true atheists or closet agnostics? Just asking ;)