Quote:Atheism is now officially a religion.
So what? In the US a tomato is officially a vegetable and a corporation is officially a person.
That kind of legal fiction is called a 'deeming provision', where something is DEEMED to be something it clearly is not for legal reasons.
Deeming is also used to reduce delays.EG by deeming (assuming) all members have read a bill before Congress/Parliament. This is a fiction of which all members are aware..