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Originally Posted by Fictional
No. Religion is a belief in God, atheism is a belief that God does not exist, or a lack of belief in God. In my eyes at least, this makes the two mutually exclusive.
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Is it, though? Religions don't always have a god. Take Buddhism, for example. No gods there.
And, meaning no disrespect to atheists, I don't think it's a religion. Religions, in my opinion (and that of my high school religion teacher lol) are supposed to attempt to provide answers to life questions ('Who am I?', 'What is the meaning of life?', etc), which I think atheism doesn't do. I think atheism is just not having a religion, which means it can't be a religion in itself. Does that make sense?