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Re: Is Atheism a Religion? - March 21st 2010, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by x.Psychic Crisis.x View Post
Hm, I see your point, but this is how I see it -
Religions involve a few things: beliefs, sacred texts (eg the Bible), rituals (like prayer), ceremonies (like Baptism), sacred spaces (eg a synagogue), and a worldview.
Can you honestly say that atheism has any of those?
People of a certain religion are drawn together by their faith in that religion. The only thing drawing atheists together, in my opinion at least, is their lack of religion.
Atheists are drawn together by faith also, however, it's not theistic faith but atheistic faith. As for your question, atheism does have a belief (can extend to make it plural also) and does have a worldview (i.e. no god is responsible for events).