Is atheism a belief system in someway?

[Ben Davis]

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Nope, there's some kind of obscure bias inherent to theism that suggests every alternative to religious belief must be another religious belief, or at very least "a belief system."

Why exactly this is, I'll never understand. Either the fully indoctrinated theist wants to dismiss the atheist/agnostic as easily as they do the believers of other faiths, or cannot fathom not having a set system of beliefs to follow.

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Indeed. Also, to me, it smacks of the childish accusation of hypocrisy: 'You're just as bad as us!'. Firstly, anyone who says that is admitting that they're at fault and secondly the accuser looks like an idiot to their opponent and any audience. I hope to save Chad some face with my comment. I guess we'll just have to see.