(November 7, 2008 at 11:40 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Atheism is not a religion. Religion believes in the supernatural/God, thats why its religious. Atheism does NOT believe in the supernatural/God, thats why its NOT a religion.
'Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color.' - Don Hirschberg.
And as to whether you consider them a creed or not, consider this:
'Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.' - Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion.
EVF, Atheism is a religion. Religion is a system of beliefs strictly held. You believe there is no god. Religious people tend not to think as much as feel religion, you don't think much about god and therefore are ignorant of the fact that a god can be anything - natural or supernatural. Atheism's god is so called 'science' of evolution.
You all think like religious people. You are religious by any definition.
Dawkins would probably also complain that there are too many variations in Christianity. Which is saying the same thing about them as Atheists, which is pretty short sighted.
