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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
why do you keep calling it the atheist religion? the meaning of the word itself is to have a complete lack of religion. there is no church, there is no supreme leader, there is no book of rules, and before this recent storm of christians trying to force their way into politics and law there were no real organized groups of atheists of any kind. in fact, there still aren't, the most you'll get out of placing a group of atheists together is a protest group. i don't see many out there calling Greenpeace or PETA religions (though they certainly have enough wackjobs in each to qualify)
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Atheism is a view of
who God is and what our response to Him should be. Believing that their is no God effects how an atheist conducts their life and their hope for the future. There are religions without church buildings or supreme leaders. There are religions without any written record or inspired book.
You can belong to PETA or Greenpeace and answer those two questions(who is God and what should our response to Him be?) in different ways so they are not religions. An Atheist or a Baptist or a Muslim will reveal their distinctive faith by answering those questions.