Even worse are the people who think evolution is a religion…
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Atheism is no more a religion than a lack of a Ferrari is a Ferrari. That's the best way I know of to explain the concept.
Yes, atheism is not a belief, it's a realisation. One day you realise that you don't believe, that you are simply not convinced. You don't decide to be an atheist, you don't belief in atheism, you simply can't make yourself belief something that you are not convinced of. It's not in your control, you haven't been provided with sufficient (or any) evidence and realise that the label of atheist accurately describes your state of mind.
You just described the subjective experience of joining every religion
The difference is that realising you lack belief because of absence of evidence is the product of sound reasoning.
Realising that you do believe in something because of an absence of evidence is not.
Best cure for religion is actually reading the damn books. It’s utter bullshit and anyone with a functioning brain can tell.
Hot take: atheism, in some of its acceptions, is a religion. Not all atheist are this way, but too many are simply with the belief that no god exists and that faithful people cannot be right and that what their doing is wrong.
The problem with that belief is that it's as intolerant and hateful as the most fanatical believers. And religion wars never have been a good thing.
Is a meme format. It was supposed to be funny?
I like to call people like you monoatheists. See, monotheists only believe in one god, and monoatheists only disbelieve in one god.
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