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Re: Is ATHEISM a RELIGION? - March 1st 2012, 06:21 AM
I may be mistaken in this, and I apologize if I am, but I'm afraid you're incorrect here:

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which, by the way, isn't an absence of belief; it does not acknowledge a Deity, but it is still a belief in the fact that there isn't a Deity
Atheism isn't a positive statement: "There is no God." What the term atheism says is, "I lack faith in a God." That's it. Nothing more, or nothing less. When someone asserts that there is no god, they are what is called a Gnostic Atheist. Gnossos meaning "knowledge," and the term meaning one who positively makes the assertion that there is no God.

Secondly, I think it's kind of redundant to say that atheists mobilize themselves in the same way Christians do when in defense of their beliefs. How is that any different from saying that atheists mobilize the same way as a Hindu, Muslim, or Democrat, or Marxist?

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