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Originally Posted by djgreedo
Athiesm isn't a religion. It doesn't even resemble a religion in any way.
Either your state had officially 'no religion' or your state had a (quasi) religion of which lack of belief in gods was part of the doctrine.
Sorry to nitpick, but it is grating to hear athiesm called a religion when it is no such thing.
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did not want to go down this path but it look like it to late to stop
it depends on how you define Religion
like lets at
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion
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a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affair
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does Athiesm met this yes.
what we can say for sure is it is not a organized religion.
what there can be no question about is that it is a belief.
as I see it is not the absence of belief in the existence of deities
but the belief in the absence of the existence of deities
that in and of it self it what make it a religion in my book.