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Re: Is Atheism a Religion? - March 21st 2010, 04:23 PM
"Saying atheism is a religion is like saying bald is a hair colour." - Mark Twain

Atheism is a belief and a belief does not have to be a religion. It also seems that every dictionary I look at defines religion as the worship of or devotion to a higher being or supernatural power.

"The organised belief in or worhip of a god or gods." - Penguin English Dictionary
"Belief in, worship of or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or to have control over human destiny." - Collins Concise Dictionary
"The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods." - Oxford English Dictionary

This suggests that atheism is the opposite of religion.

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" ~ Ernest Gaines

She was whole before that night,
Believed in heaven before that night,
And she's not the only one,
She knows she won't be the only one.
She's not asking what you're going to tell your daughter,
She's asking what you're going to teach your son.