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Originally Posted by djchameleon
Yeah, I was talking to a friend of mines last night and she said they are technically considered a religion.
I understand why she says they are technically a religion because the definition of religion states a group of people that share the same ideas/ideology. Which is true, they all believe in the non-existence of deities but it just seems like such an oxymoron to have an Atheist Church.
She said there are Atheist churches that exist. I'm like wtf. What do they even talk about there?
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That is untrue. Not all atheists hold beliefs about the existence of deities. Many atheists simply
lack belief. Therefore, atheism cannot "technically be a religion", at least not in the traditional and most popular sense of the word.
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