Atheism is a religion

[Faith No More]

If you're going to offer a betuttal, at least make an effort. GIYF.
I'm quite surprised you've made it this far in life and never heard an atheist claim that religion is the root of all evil. Call me a cynic, but I'm left wondering what else you've missed.

It wasn't a rebuttal. It was merely an observation and a question. You can either answer politely, or being a fucking cock about it. I see you've chosen the latter.

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I don't get what you are saying. If your belief was in chocolate chips that could be considered a religion held by 1 person, you.

According to your defintion of a 'group of individuals,' a belief held by one person cannot be a religion.

Relgions aren't real.

Religions are very real. They are not tangeable.

As I stated to you (i think, i may have stated it elsewhere) the fact that the beliefs are about God is not important. I simply defined it as beliefs about God because usually people are referring to God when they use the term religion. The concepts of conservatism and liberalism are also religions in my opinion. Yes, agnosticism and deism could be called religions as well. They don't have to be. Neither does atheism or Catholocism, Words are not real. You can call it whatever you want. It is a set of beliefs a group of people share about something.

This is just more evidence that you are defining relgion how you see fit. By this defintion any set of beliefs is a religion.

I guess you could look at it that way, but again, religions aren't even real things. It's a label people use, it has no inherent meaning, it is just a vehicle used for communication of ideas.

Why is it that you think labels have no inherent meaning? The very purpose of labels is to have meaning, which yes, is the vehicle for quickly communicating ideas.