Is atheism a belief?

[Amarok]

But it has evolved into a major belief system.

No it hasn't it it's been  misused 

  As a whole, it's not just one thing, but rather many things. 

Nope it's one things that's  misused 

 Churches, hymns, offerings, books, T-shirts, church offerings, religious protections, etc... 

Nothing too do with atheism 

 If something is just an idea, it doesn't need all those things to stay afloat.

Lots of ideas can do those things 

  If I say I don't believe in elves, that's all I would need to say. 

Yup i lack in gods that's all i need to say 

I wouldn't need to make a church for it to try and offer a counter belief. 

The fact a loony cult is doing that has nothing to do with atheism 

 No need for anti-elf hymns and bake sales. 

See they above 

 If you don't believe in something, just don't believe.

Yup atheism 

  I don't believe in Bigfoot, but not chasing Bigfoot enthusiast around telling them they're wrong. 

Skeptics criticize Bigfoot enthusiastic s all the time  because they often present terrible evidence 

 That's one of the things I don't quite get about modern atheism.  

You don't seem to get much 

They say they don't believe in any God or gods, but they go out of their way to practice the same way that theists do. 

No they freaking don't stop equating Atheism to that cult 

 Sure, they still don't believe in any god, but they incorporate the things that are associated with theism into their collective.

No they freaking don't stop equating Atheism to that cult 

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because it's not 




Nope 


Nope anything outside of i lack believe or don't accept has nothing to do with atheism

You don't think it is.  You're one atheist, but other atheists say differently.  Who is someone supposed to believe?

I know it isn't . I'm an one atheist who actually sticks to atheism . Other people who are wrong say differently . Believe the person who's stick to Atheism rather then bunch of cultists .

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... for instance, whats the state for non-belief in Bigfoot?

It's called skepticism, and yes, sometimes that does shade into cynicism or pseudo-skepticism, but many skeptics do what Hume suggested a wise man do, and apportion their belief according to the strength of the evidence, without necessarily swinging the other direction on that account.  Prominent skeptics like James Randi are quite explicit on that point.

Yup Skepticism of the god claim