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Originally Posted by chriswin8
Well i tend to think it is. Its a mass of people that believe there is no Higher Power. All a religion is. A mass of people that share a set of believes in something greater then themselves... Why cant the same be said for something equal to or less then yourself... Or nothing at all?
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You can't call atheism a religion because there isn't necessarily a consistency of belief between atheists. Referring to my post above, I don't consider myself as being a part of the same religion as Joseph Stalin, or Kim Jong-Il for that matter.
Calling atheism a religion is like calling the apolitical a political party, or calling unemployment a career.
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 09-04-2010 at 06:48 AM..
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