Atheists on the rise in America

[kitler53]

RageBot said:

kitler53 said:

i am atheist and i view it as my religion.  Now I agree Christians have been dicks about pushing their religion on others, but so have atheists.  Muslims too actually.

Basically, more than anything I believe in the freedom of religion and wish all side did as well.

So... Atheism is your religon?

What are your atheist rituals? Who is the higher-up in the Atheist church?

Religon isn't just believing, religon is a system, Atheists (like me) believe that there is no higher power, however, that is only a belief, nothing other than that.

I'll start by respectfully disagreeing with your definition of religion.  i just went to an online dictionary and the number 1 definition is:

               a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe

Regardless of how you want to define it, this is basically the definition i go by.  but since you ask, pi day (march 14th) is sort of a religious holiday for me; i eat pie and reflect on my beliefs. 

think of it this way, i'm not like the many people who call themselves atheists because they stopped going to church or don't give a shit. i spent a lot of time researching christianity before leaving the church followed by a lot of time researching other religions (mainly buddhism) before coming to the decision that I do not believe in a God.  I take my beliefs very seriously and I consider it my religion.