Not as nearly as much as they claim. They are a huge majority (Over 75%?)
It is usually the minorities that are persecuted much more often. (Atheists, Homosexuals, ect)
If you mean a soul as a consciousness that can be separated from the body, then no. Because I have never experienced being "outside" of my physical self, and the last time I got knocked unconscious, I didn't remember anything.
You don't have to be an Agnostic to accept the possibility of a God existing. Agnostic says "there is no evidence either way" and Atheism says "I currently don't hold a belief in God due to the lack of evidence for Him. I will believe when I see the evidence." You know, since Theists made the...