Beginner's Guide to Atheism.

[Huggy Bear]

Racism in and of itself doesn't have rituals and rites.

Literally no one has stated that racism has ritual and rites... what I stated is that racism is systematic and gave you examples of such.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/apartheid

1(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

 

a system of discrimination based on race is RACISM, why is that so hard to understand?

The KKK is a specific group that does specific things.  Similarly, despite how sweeping and institutionalized Jim Crow and apartheid were, they were specific manifestations of racism.

Christians are theists, but not all theists are Christian (or even religious).  The KKK are racists, but not all racists are members of the KKK (even if they sympathize/agree with them).  Nazis are fascists, but not all fascists are Nazis.

This isn't a difficult concept.  Belief (or a lack thereof) in something doesn't equal a religion or institution.  That requires behavior.

*emphasis mine*
Isn't that literally what I said?

A theist can believe a god exists without being religious, but theism is a system based around a belief in god also known as religion.

This isn't a difficult concept.  Belief (or a lack thereof) in something doesn't equal a religion or institution.  That requires behavior.

Exactly! which is why I made a distinction between 'theist' and 'theism'...