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I'm just one atheist, and I believe hope exists, because I often feel it.

I hope it's a sunny day tomorrow, and the fact that the weatherman said that's what I should expect gives me hope it will be.

make sure you're using the word "belief" in a clear way. It can have several meanings.

Assuming something exists

Being in favor of something

There are people who believe God exists but dislike Him, but they're not atheists. Why? Because they believe He exists.

it sounds like you're using the second definition of "belief," which means being in favor of something. That's a value.

Though individual atheists have values (which often differ drastically from the values of other atheists), atheism has nothing to do with values.

it's not an allegiance

I like the idea of gods. But I don't believe they exist, so I'm an atheist.

I am in favor of hope. I value it.

I know there are things that give lots of people hope.

I do believe in hope.

I have hope that mankind will stop making war

I have hope that we will advance our medicine to provide health care to all of humanity

I have hope that human rights will be expanded and no one will be victimized or marginalized

I have hope that love will win over bigotry and bias.

I have hope that religions will not divide us.

I have hope that poverty and hunger can be eliminated.

I have hope for mankind reaching out to the stars.

I have hope for laws that are not based on religious ideology and yet are fair, moral and ethical.

My hopes are based upon everything mankind has yet achieved compared to where we once were.

My hope is powered by the potential for us to yet be better.

My hope is not based on any form of religion and yet is still hope.

I have hope for humanity.

You and I are free today because of endless unnamed heroes

Many of them downplay how far they've come, but I see their strength and compassion. 

Atheists do not hold to a single creed. The only thing they share is a disbelief in some particular kind of god.

they might believe in the power of groups of people, working in unison with a common spirit

Humanism tends to give people hope