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vektor · 04-23-2012, 07:40 PM

I took a religious studies class in University as a fluff class. One thing that was resoundingly clear was that atheism is not a religion. A religion has unified beliefs/traditions and there is almost always some form of ceremony. Saying atheism is a religion is akin to saying someone who participates in no sports competes in the sport of non-athletic. Atheism is the presence of a negative, there are no unified ceremonies and traditions because there are no ideologies that are worshipped.

Atheism is as simple as the name suggests, you do not belief in any spiritual deities. Many people on this earth don't believe in hunting for sport, that doesn't mean they belong to the brotherhood of anti-hunters. Attributing the beliefs of one atheist to another is profoundly insulting and ignorant. I myself am an atheist, but I attend church with my mom every once in a while to make her happy and I support everyone's right to believe in whatever nonsense you want because I believe in quantum mechanics and string theory and who knows how far off the mark they are, maybe god does exist and quantum mechanics is a misinterpretation of reality.

On a more interesting note I once saw a Masonic ceremony take place in a lodge, there's a religion if I've ever seen one. The fact that there are millions of people taking place in ceremonies clearly derived from other religious ceremonial practices without acknowledging it is a little scary.

04-23-2012, 07:40 PM	#61
vektor Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2012 Exp:	I took a religious studies class in University as a fluff class. One thing that was resoundingly clear was that atheism is not a religion. A religion has unified beliefs/traditions and there is almost always some form of ceremony. Saying atheism is a religion is akin to saying someone who participates in no sports competes in the sport of non-athletic. Atheism is the presence of a negative, there are no unified ceremonies and traditions because there are no ideologies that are worshipped. Atheism is as simple as the name suggests, you do not belief in any spiritual deities. Many people on this earth don't believe in hunting for sport, that doesn't mean they belong to the brotherhood of anti-hunters. Attributing the beliefs of one atheist to another is profoundly insulting and ignorant. I myself am an atheist, but I attend church with my mom every once in a while to make her happy and I support everyone's right to believe in whatever nonsense you want because I believe in quantum mechanics and string theory and who knows how far off the mark they are, maybe god does exist and quantum mechanics is a misinterpretation of reality. On a more interesting note I once saw a Masonic ceremony take place in a lodge, there's a religion if I've ever seen one. The fact that there are millions of people taking place in ceremonies clearly derived from other religious ceremonial practices without acknowledging it is a little scary. Last edited by vektor; 04-23-2012 at 07:46 PM.