(July 10, 2013 at 4:32 am)genkaus Wrote: I do grant the broad definition. All it would mean is that we atheists are religious people. There would be atheists who practice the religion of naturalism. Others who practice materialism. Others practicing rationalism, or humanism or objectivism or utilitarianism and so on.
Right. So the second part of your statement is incorrect then
"this would still be wrong. It would just re-classify all philosophies - including atheistic ones - as being religions."