Statler, I don't agree with you there. There isn't a 'one and only' description of religion. Like I said, that has been an issue long before people tried to apply it to atheism.
As for your example with the fish; The description you use is based on outward appearances and behavior. Would I use such a description to determine what are fish, I might mistakenly identify a whale as a fish, because it looks like a fish and behaves like a fish. And yeah, in the past people actually made that mistake.
Plus, I think I have a pretty valid description for what makes a religion, stated in my previous posts.
As for your example with the fish; The description you use is based on outward appearances and behavior. Would I use such a description to determine what are fish, I might mistakenly identify a whale as a fish, because it looks like a fish and behaves like a fish. And yeah, in the past people actually made that mistake.
Plus, I think I have a pretty valid description for what makes a religion, stated in my previous posts.
When I was a Christian, I was annoyed with dogmatic condescending Christians. Now that I'm an atheist, I'm annoyed with dogmatic condescending atheists. Just goes to prove that people are the same, regardless of what they do or don't believe.
