The thing that most people don't seem to realize is that a religion is really just a belief system, nothing more. Every human rely on some belief system, whether there be a God involved or not. So you could say everyone is religious, the only thing that separates people is numbers. The guy who has his own personal belief system is not considered religious while millions that adhere to the same system are.
There difference between a belief and a religion is that a religion has ritualistic behavior that is oriented around the belief. As in, believe in XYZ, pray in this specific way, etc, otherwise you won't be granted eternal rewards.
While this is true for folks that barely think about religion or atheism, but rather just live it without thinking. Yet for those who practice their religion, even atheism if the practice it is a religion. Atheists want some information regarding the beginnings of life and human kind. So they focus on scientific "revelations," thereby making the "revelations" their "bible" and the scientists that proclaim the revelations their "priests."
At any rate, those people who don't think much about atheism or other religions, have the personal religion that suggests ignorance about religion. Why? Because they do whatever they do day by day, RELIGIOUSLY.
EDIT: Take a look at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.11447618 to see why you might not want to be an atheist any longer.
Badecker we just dont need something to believe in to function.
We dont need to pray to something to feel better about our selfs.
We live as we like.
So if you have a problem with that, then go back to church and ask god if he can kill the free with a flod.
You have been making your point so religiously, that I can't see how you could think that your atheism, at least, is NOT a religion.
If living as you like is your religion, it still is a religion, 'cause you do it religiously. And if it includes atheism, then atheism is a religion for you.
Since you hate religion, you hate atheism and yourself, right?
Here's a question for you: Since you keep claiming atheism is a religion, can you instead describe what it means to be non-religious? In other words, what criteria does a person need to meet in order to be considered non-religious, according to you?
That's easy. Non-religious is what dead people are (of course, they may be other things as well). It is also a term that applies to animals and inanimate things, since the religion of non-religion is a religion, itself.
Do you believe every individual, living person is religious then?
Actually, outside of a few who are mentally retarded vegetables, yes... although some of them religiously say they aren't.
So, in the past when you said that "religion will be proven true," then you think that the beliefs of every non-retarded, non-vegetable person will also be proven true, including atheists, correct?
