http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcIrvS-e8hA

Theism isn't a religion either. What a burk. You lay off so much on 'imaginary friend' that you substitute with common sense, reason, morals ...just like theists do only they sometimes refer to their faith where atheists/ secular humanists refer to history/ past wisdom. What's the difference? Both are susceptible to error. Both are capable of producing healthy adults. Why whinge about it?

Cool, that's the second YouTube video I've seen use my "motivational poster".

Lol, I like it Adrian Instead of prayer: make prank calls to random Americans?

I agree with Darrel Ray 100% except I prefer the term the imaginary guy in the sky. But if we were to look up religion in the dictionary according to Merriam Webster it means the following.

(1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance.

In my view what differentiates an atheist from a theist regarding religion is that atheist are not bound by any dogma or adhere to any doctrines. We as atheists are as diverse in thoughts and principles as stars in the sky. We are free to think what we please and are not called heretical, blasphemous etc. Unlike theists who are bound by doctrines and dogmas and institutional interpretations of whatever church they choose to become a member of. Basing myself on the definition above in this aspect atheism is not nor never has been a religion. Simply put "I don't believe in god or gods of any kind" that is the only thing that atheists have in common. Where I go from there is my business and no one else cares.

(November 18, 2009 at 5:47 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Theism isn't a religion either. What a burk. You lay off so much on 'imaginary friend' that you substitute with common sense, reason, morals ...just like theists do only they sometimes refer to their faith where atheists/ secular humanists refer to history/ past wisdom. What's the difference? Both are susceptible to error. Both are capable of producing healthy adults. Why whinge about it?

Because we don't believe in a magical man in the sky that suddenly decides one day to create a flawed human race where this magical man in the sky is supposed to be perfect and still screwed up.
Not to mention we don't have a book to follow, and we don't have that many contradictions and fallacies. 8D Also... Our Earth? 6,000 years old or whatever?? Really???

Decided? Flawed? Magical? Sky? Perfect? Screwed up? Contradictions? Fallacies? Our earth? 6,000yrs old?

Oh Rly?!

Lmao reeeaaalllly??

Yeah... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!?

Actually, a life with an imaginary friend could have its benefits. You can talk to him without any rude interruptions on his part. You can tell him anything you want since he wont tell anyone your most intimate secrets, you can talk to him in public and people wont think you are schizophrenic since they all know who you are talking to, you could sing to him and he wont tell you how much your voice sucks. Yeah, I think an imaginary friend can do some good after all.