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alekth said:
I can't speak for all atheists, but for me it's hardly a *belief* that (a) god doesn't exist. The only time I think about the issue at all is pretty much only when reading such threads. God is a non-entity in my life and the only reason to label myself atheist is the existence of religions.

It's pretty hard to tell where the line between a belief of a god's non-existence and lack of belief about their existence lies, but nothing I do or think is based on whether or not a god exists and on my views on the matter.

I've had more existence dilemmas about Santa that about a god. And he might be really arriving from Spain rather than the North Pole.

I think it's hard to even define what the hell a religion is honestly... really "is atheism a religion" is a completly academic question based on various views of what constitutes a religion that has no implication on anything.