Atheism Is A Religion

Thank you for being an educated Atheist and not replying saying that a religion is nothing more than a worship system for God etc. Atheism is a pursue/devotion to a belief, the belief that there is no God. Pursue in Merriam-Webster's dictionary means "to be involved in (an activity)" & devotion (the act of being devoted which means to give over or direct (as time, money, or effort) to a cause, enterprise, or activity) : you are involved with the belief system of Atheism (the belief which teaches/proclaims that God does not exist) which you choose to believe in like anyone else who choose to believe in their religion. You could be told that you have no evidence to show that God does not exist, but ignore the person who told you that and mentally tell yourself you're still going to remain an Atheist you apparently are still devoted to your belief that there is no God also like you mentioned before, some of your kind go door to door trying to "destroy their faith", I would think that requires quite a bit of devotion also. http://www.merriam-webster.com... http://www.merriam-webster.com... Religion: 1) a : the state of a religious b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance 2: a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices 3: archaic : scrupulous conformity : conscientiousness 4: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith http://www.merriam-webster.com... Atheism : 1) archaic : ungodliness, wickedness 2) a : a disbelief in the existence of deity b : the doctrine that there is no deity http://www.merriam-webster.com... Atheism falls under definition 4 of the Merriam-Webster dictionary's. Theism : belief in the existence of a god or gods; specifically : belief in the existence of one God viewed as the creative source of the human race and the world who transcends yet is immanent in the world http://www.merriam-webster.com... To save space, I will past single definitions from the links I provide for. I provided these other definitions to ask you a question. According to your definition as well as mine (#4), on religion, and looking back on both of our definitions of Atheism, how can you think Atheism is not a religion when you by definition do have belief that there is no God (otherwise stated as disbelief) when this can be reconciled with definition 4 of religion according to Merriam-Webster? For Theism, I have the same argument, both Atheism & Theism can be considered principles (from definition 4) also since a "principle" is a basic truth or theory : an idea that forms the basis of something; a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption. http://www.merriam-webster.com... If you really want to get technical, lets define a cause too. A cause "something (such as an organization, belief, idea, or goal) that a group or people support or fight for" or "a principle or movement militantly defended or supported" , some people who might be fanatical atheists may fight for this as their firm belief, I can add politics to show that Atheists actually threatened to sue schools, corporations etc. for just or unjust reasons just to get their way for whatever agenda a group of them in countries like America may have like this woman and getting school prayers banned. http://en.wikipedia.org...'Hair#Atheist_activism Please do not mistaken me for some angry person who is selfish and doesn't tolerate any other religion other than my own, despite we being enemies, you guys have rights and school prayers should not be mandatory especially when we all have the freedom to choose whatever religion we want. Now I ask again, how does Atheism not fall into one of these definitions? If I have to I can involve English linguistics to prove my argument that Atheism is a religion. FYI: This debate has been occurring for many years, but I do not understand why people like you think its not a religion, Debate.org even agrees with me in terms of characterizing you as a person! -> http://prntscr.com... Another question to you Atheist, is it faith that you have that justifies your belief that God does not exist? Because if so, that is another factor to be considered as possible evidence to convict your belief as a legitimate religion. God people say cannot be proven scientifically/philosophically true nor false, but because you are an Atheist and do not believe your belief is a religion, do you have a comment to add?