Yes, Atheism is a Religion

[God of Mr. Hanky]

"If you have some news or atheist activism to share, post it here. Links to news articles & blog posts are most welcome!"

Interesting that the above quote can be seen just above where one enters this particular thread, don't you think?

And if atheism isn't a new religion, why are atheist churches popping up? Just wondering.

Religious people don't know what a religion is, and this is remarkable only in that if you did you probably would shun religion too.

Religion has never, ever dealt with matters of fact, only ideas which demand acceptance through faith.

Your religious ideas are taught according to the approval of your sectarian authorities, and these are called doctrines.

Your faith is demanded according to these doctrines - because they say so, not because they are fact.

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in theistic doctrines. We are not impressed by rhetoric, doctrines, and said infallible holy books, and we don't keep any of our own on these. Facts can be proven, and that's what we look to in making our life decisions. When you try and force people to change theirs and lord your religious ideas over them, we will organize and come after you, but that doesn't make us a religion. That doesn't even make us ideological - or anyway, the last time I checked honest discourse, freedom of choice, and justice in society were not that.

REPEAT: No ideas, including those which are accepted as fact today are infallible! It's not impossible, however unlikely, that evolution without design will someday be proven false on a level scientific playing field. This would be no loss to atheism, nor would atheists raise their fists in the puerile sort of resistance which the religious leaders put up whenever their doctrines are challenged. Ideas on fact change, but that's fine because changes in our understanding of factual matters bring the world closer to understanding the real truth on things. This is why medicine tends to improve, as opposed to devolve.

Oh, one more thing: you won't slip by with the common shithead's dodge "I don't do religion, I just have a personal relationship with God".
Nononono, that does not work here, so save it! If you believe in a god, then you believe in a doctrine, therefore you would still be religious! You would be a believer in doctrine even if you made up your own by modifying an old one. It's a doctrine because it's unfalsifiable, and not factual, but accepted as true all the same.