(February 12, 2010 at 2:17 am)tavarish Wrote: To be honest, atheism as an entity can be seen as a religion. There are organizations, child camps, forums, support groups and merchandising. There are outspoken members of the community who progress the movement. I have trouble identifying with atheism for this very reason. Even though there is no internal dogma and principles within the atheist community, on the whole, are deeply vested in seeking viable explanations and scientific reasoning, on its face atheism does seem like a faith to outsiders. It gets tiring having to explain my world view every time I say I don't believe in God, and even more so when I say that there could possibly be a God, although it is improbable and all scientific explanations work perfectly well without that assumption.
Isn't it nice that 'can be seen' is different than 'is'?
Atheism is as much of a religion as bald is a hair color.
