Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?

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Without religions, there would be no need for an Atheist community.

The reason religion is more-discussed here is because atheism is simple and internally-consistent. There is no doctrine to discuss. There are no rules to argue over. There are no competing 'denominations' of atheism in conflict with each other.

I think that this thread is useful in a sense, it helps to demonstrate the falsehood of theist claims about atheism being a religion just like any other. If that was the case, there'd be a lot more to say about it. It reflects the truth of atheism in a sense: it really is nothing more than 'not believing in gods'.

If I was an atheist, religion would be the last thing I would talk about.

You are a theist, and you went out of your way to join an atheist forum.

from the outside looking in ... atheist's act like it's a religion.

I googled religion. You guys seem to fit.