Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
You missed my point, your belief as an atheist, is that there is no God.

To be considered a 'religion' all a group of individuals need to have is a common belief, hence... atheism must intrinsically be a religion.

Regards,

Lee
I think that still relies on the underlying assumption that people have to believe in something. Believing in a diety/higher poor/what-have-you is treated as a default state of affairs. Atheism's very definition is not believing in a deity, not "those that believe in no god". Sounds like splitting hairs, but I think it does carry some import. Agnostics tend to acknowledge the existence or potential existence of a higher power, but do not accept the conventional definition of a god.

I used to get into scuffles with the over-bearing religious assholes at my high school (they vandalized my car for having a Darwin fish on it), and those scuffles as often verbal as physical so I can argue the point all day

(PS, not trying to bicker, I just enjoy a philosophical/sociological debate!)