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Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion?

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RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion?

November 23, 2015 at 2:06 pm

(November 23, 2015 at 2:03 pm)robvalue Wrote: I believe atheist/irreligious is becoming a "protected" class, just as much as any religion. Is that right? Has it happened already? (In the US, I mean.)

In some sense yes. Atheists have begun psudeo-Churches to compete with actual churches. I am not sure if the label "atheism" is automatically linked with religion in the US legal system.

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RE: Why do religious people desperately want to class Atheism as a religion? - by robvalue - November 23, 2015 at 1:34 pm

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