Atheism is a Religion

Atheism is in fact a religion Atheism-Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. The doctrine that there is no God or gods. Also defined as- Atheism is the position that affirms the non-existence of God. It proposes positive belief rather than mere suspension of disbelief. Religion-a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially 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 affairs. If you truly believe that there is no god, how is that any different from believing that there is a god? You can not 100 percent that he does not exist, therefore you can not be certain, or any more certain than a thiest. Both are positions on a fundamentally religious question that rest on faith. Therefore, atheism is just another form of religion. Atheism will be defined in the western sense: not just the lack of belief in a god, but the assertion about the non-existence of any gods, spirits, or divine or supernatural beings. Atheists in this sense are metaphysical naturalists, and as will be shown, they do follow a religion. Ninian Smart wrote the Seven Dimensions of Religion, which is widely accepted by anthropologists and researchers of religion as broadly covering the various aspects of religion, without focusing on things unique to specific religions. the 7 characteristics are narrative, experiential, social, ethical, doctrinal, ritual and material. Narrative-Evolution is an explanation of where everything came from: the cosmos (came out of nothing at the big bang—nothing exploded and became everything); humans evolved from non-human creatures, hence humanity's place in the cosmos is being just another species of animal. There are some who attempt to combine belief in God with belief in evolution, not realizing the foundational nature of evolution's connection to Atheism. The testimony of those who after learning about evolution in "science" reject Christianity should alert church leaders to the incompatibility between evolution and the Gospel. This is the only aspect I will address for now A person's religion is the sum total of his beliefs about God and the supernatural. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are the three largest "monotheistic" religions, with belief one God, Creator Of The Universe. Some religions are "polytheistic," with belief in many gods, each with different functions. Atheism is the religion whose belief about God is that there is no God. Some Atheists, for their own political reasons, assert that Atheism is not a religion but instead is the total absence of religion. This allows them to spread their Atheistic beliefs freely in societies which insist on "separation of church and state." But this is like saying that black, (which physicists define as the total absence of color) is not a color. A few years ago, the car I drove was a big, old Chevrolet, whose color was black. In common practice throughout the world, "black" is understood to be a color, despite the technical definition of the physicists. Likewise, Atheism is a religion, despite any technical definitions to the contrary. If black is a color, then Atheism is a religion. I hope this remains as enjoyable as possible for both of us, good luck and God Bless! vote pro! http://www.conservapedia.com... Dictionary.com usccb.org