Atheism is not a religion, right?

[_Polygamy-Porter]

Josh I do not declare myself atheist, unless it is apathetic atheist.


I just do not care if there is an afterlife or not and will not waste any time pondering the thought on such things as this is none definitive information about life after death.

I have raised my children godless for nearly eight years now. Zero problems. No pregnant teens, HS dropouts or police records.

I owe nothing to any church for how well my children are growing up.

I do see a need for many however, a need to lean on a religious structure in order to keep their children from making bad choices. I am happy for you if this works for you.

[_Drifting]

Hey look, your even getting a temple now!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/atheists-temple_n_1231848.html

JMS

Lol. If I fly to England I'll worship at one of the soccer stadiums where eleven men kick a ball around for ninety minutes.

And where weekly attendance in the ground at Old Trafford is greater than the number of Mormons attending Sacrament Meeting in the whole of the UK.

[_Drifting]

Also, NEVER FORGET: If you think that Atheism is a religion, then you also think that infertility is parenthood.

Yes. And sterility is hereditary: if one's parents didn't have children, neither will he/she.

ROFLMAO....

[_aranyborju]

The only thing that binds two atheists together is their lack of belief in a deity. Period. How is that a religion? Just because Richard Dawkins is outspoken about his lack of belief in a deity doesn't make him a "leader" of a "religious movement."

Everyone lacks faith in most of the religions that the world has to offer...we just go one religion further.

[_Nomomo]

Other couplets:

If atheism is a "religion",...
then Not Collecting Stamps is a "hobby".

If atheism is a "religion", ...
then Not Playing Football is a "sport".

If atheism is a "religion", ...
then 'OFF' is a "TV channel".

If atheism is a "religion", ...
then "Abstinence" is a "sex position".

NonStampCollector
http://www.youtube.com/user/NonStampCollector

[_Buffalo]

I love watching all of you dance on this one. So sad when you can't admit your belief system has become exactly what you despise.

Keep telling yourself, "I don't belong to a religion hellbent on recruiting others to their misery".

Perhaps if you repeat it enough, it might come true.

JMS

Why, is that what you tell yourself?

You can't have it both ways. If we're a religion, you're persecuting our faith. If you object to our "recruiting," that seems a little hypocritical coming from someone from one of the most pushy churches on earth.

But it's telling that the faithful use "religiousness" as an insult, but when they want respectability, they cloak their superstition in a thin gauze of "science."

[_Buffalo]

The only thing that binds two atheists together is their lack of belief in a deity. Period. How is that a religion? Just because Richard Dawkins is outspoken about his lack of belief in a deity doesn't make him a "leader" of a "religious movement."

Everyone lacks faith in most of the religions that the world has to offer...we just go one religion further.

By jskains' standard, every politician is a religious leader.

[_Buffalo]

You can start. Your best friend is the American Atheists. They have donation channels.

And did you not get your invite to their general conference? It happened in DC. It was called the "Reason Rally".

And their Prophet, seer, and general pig, Richard Dawkins made his imperial speech, rallying the troops to hate.

JMS

By this standard, is Boehner the prophet of the Republican Church? Are political rallies the same thing as church services?

Follow-up question: are you familiar with the concept of irony?

[_Drifting]

Does this help us at all...

re·li·gion  (r-ljn)
n.
1.
a. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
b. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

[_lulu]

and general pig, Richard Dawkins

Someone didn't get the kinder and gentler Mormonism memo during Mitt's Mormon Moment.