Describing atheism as a religion is like calling 'bald' a hair colour.

Boru

(May 27, 2014 at 10:55 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: In the eyes of many religiousites, participating in the wrong religion is equivalent to atheism, particularly it seems, if that wrong religion is just a whit different from the right one.

I'm thinking of that group of amish with hat brims that are the WRONG WIDTH !!!!! OMFG !!!!!

No religion = best religion lol

I can appreciate when spiritualism helps people but sucks when it causes people to hate other people and walk around with an air of superiority.

(May 27, 2014 at 10:21 pm)Artur Axmann Wrote: Atheism ,another Religion?

Before you dismiss the question ; As recently reported in the New York Times, military personnel who identify themselves as "Atheists" have requested chaplains to tend to their spiritual needs.

My chaplain is my psychiatrist and therapist. No god or religion required, just pure science. If I had a religion, it would be my curiosity in programming and physics, but new information backed by evidence always changes my mind...so it's definitely not a religion. haha. There's no reason for using only HTML and CSS when we have beautiful JAVASCRIPT. Muahhaaha.

(May 27, 2014 at 10:21 pm)Artur Axmann Wrote: Atheism ,another Religion?

Before you dismiss the question ; As recently reported in the New York Times, military personnel who identify themselves as "Atheists" have requested chaplains to tend to their spiritual needs.

Is "no brains" another form of "braininess"?

It is easy to see why you would really like to try to get anyone else to think so.

I just want to know what the aim of redefining a lack of belief as a belief system is.

To dismiss it as "just another religion"?

Doesn't that imply Christianity is "just another religion," like Islam is "just another religion"?

To answer the OP's question, it depends. Is not collecting stamps a hobby? Is bald a hair color? Is "off" a TV channel? Is absence of sound a noise? Is vacuum a physical medium?
If the answer to all of these questions is "Yes", then yes, atheism is a religion. However, if you want to be honest about it, then the answer is a resounding "No".

(June 3, 2014 at 11:31 am)Dosolid Wrote:

(May 27, 2014 at 10:55 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: In the eyes of many religiousites, participating in the wrong religion is equivalent to atheism, particularly it seems, if that wrong religion is just a whit different from the right one.

I'm thinking of that group of amish with hat brims that are the WRONG WIDTH !!!!! OMFG !!!!!

No religion = best religion lol

I can appreciate when spiritualism helps people but sucks when it causes people to hate other people and walk around with an air of superiority.

Chaplains for atheists = No atheists in foxholes. it starts to make sense .

No, not believing in your god is not a belief system. It is simply the failure of your beliefs to elicit the same in me. I won't pretend to know what your god is but I find no reason to worry about it.

(June 3, 2014 at 5:16 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Describing atheism as a religion is like calling 'bald' a hair colour.

Boru

dead wrong.

It is like calling bald a hair style.

(June 5, 2014 at 8:11 pm)whateverist Wrote: No, not believing in your god is not a belief system. It is simply the failure of your beliefs to elicit the same in me. I won't pretend to know what your god is but I find no reason to worry about it.

Are you willing to debate me right now ? Yes or NO.