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Re: Why don't you consider Atheism a religion? - February 17th 2010, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by OhaiThere View Post
"A religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe"

Athiesm, Agnosticism, and hell, even Nihilism are religions (although nihilism can be disputed).

Don't fool yourself.
Then science is a religion. Which it's blatently not. With such a vague definition as that pretty much anything could be classed as a religion.

It seems pretty clear that atheism is not a religion. People keep using the phrase belief and religion interchangably. One of the key points that differentiates Atheism from religion is the lack of dogma and guidelines. All religions have certain frameworks within which people should live their lives if they wish to be a good member of the religion. Atheism does not.