Atheism Isn't A Religion Just Like All Mid-Eastern Muslim's Are Not Terrorist. (Perception Is Reality)

One day, while listening in on the voices of tomorrow I found myself in a debate with an atheist who doesn't care to be called religious.  Ironically, it was a fellow atheist who sparked the debate by saying agnosticism is far worse than atheism (which I totally agree with).  Here is a snippet of that conversation. (name removed for anonymity)

Original topic:  Agnosticism is far worse than atheism |   Rocky Mountain Collegian | (CSU_Colorado )

(RMC Contributor): Atheism is just simply the lack of a belief ...(and not a religion at all)

silkee1 | Thursday, March 6th | View on Rocky Mountain Collegian You would be correct if atheist have not begun to behave as a religion. I would not personally give so much credence to the word religion because all religion is...(of the devil) (RMC contributor) replied | Thursday, March 6th | View on Rocky Mountain Collegian You are speaking about a minority of atheists. To say atheists have begun to behave as a religion is a vast overgeneralization. Some atheists behave in a religious manner, but ... (that is a small minority)

silkee1  anoble • 2 hours ago

(RMC contributor). You should be mindful that within any religion it is always the small minority that does the recruiting of the larger majority. Atheism is the fastest growing religion in America as a result of the small minority who recruit others. The growth of a movement is a dynamic thing, but it is not strictly an organic discovery that smart people are uncovering at the same time. There is a doctrinal approach to points and counterpoints that has helped proliferate the growth of Atheism......in other words, it is an organized religion now just like the theism it protests.

 

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  (RMC contributor)  silkee1 • an hour ago

  I thought I already demonstrated that atheism isn't a religion. This is just a rehash of your last argument. Once again saying that some atheists have some sort of doctrine says nothing about atheism as a whole, just that some atheists hold other beliefs in a religious way. It was an overgeneralization then and it is an overgeneralization now. Unless you can say something about atheism itself rather than what some atheists do, you argument holds no weight, and atheism still isn't a religion (or religion like).

   

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    silkee1   • 2 minutes ago

    We are all defined by our behaviors. If Atheism abstained from the conversation of God as a result of a lack of belief in the existence, then it would make the atheist' claim more credible (why disprove something that doesn't exist?). To develop a narrative that counter's the belief of the theist changes your design and agenda. Buddhism is by definition not a theism, but is certainly a religion by design and function.

    Don't mistake my impression of the word religion. Jihadist use religion as justification to their deeds. Much death has been justified in the name of religion, but that is because ALL religion is of the devil (especially atheism). I do not assign the label to anyone as a complement and you (like many Muslims) will be painted by the behaviors of those who bear the same name.

    You can denounce your affiliation to religious atheism, but you can not denounce its existence. You believe the exact same things, even if you refrain from recruiting/convincing others to believe.(Assuming you do refrain from such religious behavior)