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Originally Posted by Zee
Atheism is not a religion... however a large number (not all) of highly vocal atheists are more evangelical and push their beliefs down other people throats far more than other religions do, and believe themselves to be more enlightened than those that believe in any religion.
The behavior may be that of religious zealots, even though they are not members of a religion per-se.
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How many times do you get approached by pamphlet waving atheists on your university campus, or downtown city streets? How many times do you hear atheists screaming at the tops of their lungs in the middle of crowded subways about the power of their non-God? Do you get many atheists coming to your door handing out booklets and asking to come inside and chat for a bit? Hear of many atheist missionaries travelling to 3rd-world countries to give out aid, so long as the starving population's children will sit and listen to their lectures on the non-existence of God? Are there any TV shows out there with atheists filling a warehouse and inducing people to walk again with the sole purpose of demonstrating the power of their no-God to the masses (and if there is, please let me know, because I'd like to watch it!)?
Until then, no, I don't think highly-vocal atheists evangelize at near the capacity of the evangelical religious. Not even close.