(April 15, 2011 at 7:44 am)oggtheclever Wrote: How many times do we have to have this discussion? Atheism is not a religion. How can it be? It's no more a religion than the disbelief in Robin Hood is a religion.
If Atheism is a religion, then sanity is mental illness.
If Atheism is a religion, then abstinence is a form of sexual activity.
If Atheism is a religion, then health is.a disease.
Quote:Atheism is simply the position held by an individual that there exists no God or gods. That's it. End. Nothing more. Nil. Zip. Fin!
Sorry, but I mildly disagree. Atheism literally means only a lack or absence (A-) of belief in gods (-theism.) Lacking belief in something is different than disproof or denial of the remotest possibility of a god hypothesis. I do not believe in gods, demons, little skinny Martians, chupacabras, Big Foot, or yellow dolphins in the Methane seas of Titan.
Gorgonopsid
Mythology and superstition shackle the brain, distort rational thinking, and promote harmful behavior.