So I just watched Zeitgeist

[Garcian Smith]

Kasz216 said:

Garcian Smith said:

thetonestarr said:
Religion is a belief system about why the world and life exists. It's a belief about what we are here for.

With that said, atheism is a religion.

You know, now that I think of it, we atheists totally go to Non-Church every Sunday and worship Lack-Of-God while performing our Rites of Non-Belief. Oh, and we're also instructed by the Atheist Bible to fast on certain Non-Holy Days, make offerings to Saints Darwin, Dawkins, and Randi, and tithe a portion of our income to the National Science Foundation.

Yes, it appears that I've been denying it all along: atheism really is a religion. Thank you, Master Internet Logician thetonestarr, you have helped me see the light.

Actually, if you got to a unitarian church you can oddly find outright atheists there sometimes. Not agnostics either, straight out atheists who just like the show. I'm pretty sure some atheists actually have "Anti-chruches" too where they just hang out every sunday.

There are at least 2 books titles "The Atheist's Bible" as well.

 I actually have several friends who go to unitarian church, and at least one of them considers themselves an atheist. While I never really saw the point of going to church as an atheist, apparently Unitarian Universalists embrace anyone on a quest for general spirituality - even if they don't believe in God.

But then, everyone from Communists to rationalists/naturalists to Buddhists could be considered "atheist." Atheism is not a belief system, but a property of a belief system.

Also, I doubt the "Atheist's Bible" is anything more than an ironic title. :)