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Originally Posted by crukster
If they are a part of religion, then they're not atheist. Atheist = a self-proclaimed aversion to religion.
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I consider myself an atheist Jew. There's a whole history and culture that goes along with being Jewish and religion is only a part of that. I don't reject religion at all, but I personally don't believe in a deity so why get involved in religious matters? I haven't really been involved in religion since my Bat Mitzvah when I was 12, but that doesn't mean that I've completely rejected religion as a whole. I respect people who have faith in God, or who go to church every week, etc., just like I respect others who don't.