All forms of humility, all of above. I think, as a race, we have become so arrogant, our egos are our Gods and we serve them daily. Advertisers know how fragile we all are when it comes to our egos and love to reach us through them. The only time I am reminded to be wary of serving my ego is via my spiritual readings. How do atheists deal with this? how are they motivated to be humble if they acknowledge no greater knowledge than themselves (the human race)?

I believe that a conscience power greater than ourselves and God may be intertwined. Like someone posted in the 'Religion' thread #1 there are many examples of guidelines in the Bible of rules (for example, the storage of food) that were laid down before any knowledge of bacteria... the bible said "just do it" no explanation. Who are we to judge that our level of technology/scientific knowledge is enough to help us get through this life unscathed? I'm not saying that the Christian model is the right model... just that we should be open to the idea that there is a higher consciousness that can see more than we can see and needs us to follow advice regardless of whether it makes sense to us or not. A bit like how we tell our children to "just do it" because we understand the consequences of not doing it. We expect our children to have faith in us without explanation. It just seems to me that we are often too prideful of our knowledge and abilities.