Atheism is a Religion

Look at Con's statement. "Pro has brought up a series of points, but has yet to make any coherent argument as to why one should consider atheism to be a religion." 1)I brought up a series of points. 2)But made no points * Con has made an attempt to pretend as though I have made no points, hoping voters will not actually read my argument. What was shown in argument 1: 1)There are Atheists who attend Atheist churches. 2)Atheists have their own Bibles. Such as? -The God Delusion(Richard Dawkins) -God is not Great(Christopher Hitchens) -The End of Faith(Sam Harris) https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * Richard Dawkins- "What worries me about religion is that it teaches people to be satisfied with not understanding the world they live in." We have shown Con a demonstration of the universe being composed of adinkas, binary Hammin's computer code. Does he care? Nope. Why? It conflicts with his religion. * Atheism has become militant and hostile towards other beliefs. The New Atheist movement has become hellbent on attacking other beliefs, demonstrated on this very forum. They claim "we are not religious!", but guess where I met Con at. The Religion forum. As a matter of fact, I've met a lot of "nonreligious" Atheists in? The Religion forum. * So, let's demonstrate this yet again. The Fermi Paradox -"The contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates, e.g. given by the Drake equation, for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations." The Drake Equation states that if some kind of Darwinian means is fact, then by probability alone, our galaxy should be teaming with intelligent life. But...not a flicker, not a peep. Looks like it is just us. Will Con be moved by the information? Nope. Why? It contradicts his religious beliefs and needs. Con is so religious that he challenged me to this very debate. Think about it. Here are some of Con's debates. Bob the Magic Fairy Exists -Atheism Has no Burden of Proof -This House Believes Ontology Necessitates God! -This shack would state: God has existence in our reality -Occam's Razor Applies To The Theory of God! -The ontological argument He is defending his beliefs. It's illogical to defend your "lack of beliefs". He is defending? Beliefs. * Con: " I as an atheist, can pray." Praying is? Religious. * Con: "He has provided many examples of atheists doing things that are similar to things religious people do" A rose by any other name is still a rose. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. * Con tries to make the assertion that Atheism is not a religion because it has many diffent ways of being, no distinct, specific belief. The same can be said for any religion. Christianity includes Presbyterian, Pentacostal, Catholic, Holiness, Baptist, Methodist, 7th Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, Mormons, First Assembly of God, etc. We have Suni Islam. We have Shia Islam. We have Wahhabism. Hinduism has literally 5 million gods worshipped in many different varieties and mixes. We have Buhhdism, Scientology, Judaism, Urantians, Wickens, etc etc...That does not make these people "not religious" simply because their beliefs differ. Some Atheists, through faith, blindly believe in Darwinian Evolution despite secular scientists such as David Berlinski saying darwinian evolution is a pipedream. Con says some Atheists are spiritual? But not religious. No, no. - Con beats a consistant drumbeat that Atheism is a "lack of belief", therefore not religious. Let's flip it around. I have a little bit of a " non-lack of belief" in God. Am I religious or not? You know I am. That door swings both ways.