Guys, not playing baseball is just as much of a sport as baseball.
Sure.
But routinely trying to take the basketball away from the basketball players shares a lot of similarities with a sport
They don't understand the difference between belief and faith. I believe many things, but have no faith in them. I will take contrary evidence into account.
I don't care if someone thinks atheism is a religion or not.
As long as they're going to insist on giving religions special rights, then yeah, sure man, atheism's a religion. I'm very devout.
Simple answer to this:
If your imaginary friend can provide proof of its existence, I will accept that it exists. Until such time; I will go with the null hypothesis; your god doesn't exist.
But don't feel special, because I believe that no gods exist.
I think the distinction is between people who don't believe, and the people who beligerantly don't believe. If you make your non-belief a big part of your identity, it's not religion but it shares a lot in common
If you make your non belief belligerent, it becomes faith. If you organise people in your non belief structure, create a congregation to talk about your non belief, and make it your mission to spread the word of non belief, it becomes a cult. With enough people following that specific non belief doctrine, it becomes a religion.
Iirc, the satanic temple is a cult/religion about atheism, with a given doctrine and a specific belief system. Atheism itself can't be a religion just how the concept of theism isn't either.
Downvote all you want, I'm an atheist, but some of you absolutely treat atheism like a religion
Yes, but with a reason.
No-one has committed atrocities like genocides in the name of atheism, no-one justifies crimes with atheism, no-one tries to ruin lives with atheism.
Religion, any religion, cannot claim the same
