MissileMan
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My dictionary has this very definition in it. However, it also includes an example of how it might be used in this context. The example my dictionary uses is "make a religion of a hobby". You are using an alternate definition of religion out of context to suit your argument. For instance, I could argue that the second baseman couldn't have thrown the ball to first base because a ball is a "formal gathering for social dancing".no1tovote4 said:It doesn't deal with hobbies or it would say it deals with hobbies, this is a definition of religion.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
no1tovote4 said:1. You spoke about meeting places and Priests. I gave examples of where you can go to meet Atheists by giving you addresses to several places where you can get information about their support Groups. You talk of Playboy is a quasifascetious way as if that simply discredited the evidence before your eyes, well it doesn't.
2. You said that Atheists don't attempt to convince others in their belief I showed another site that shows that they do. Your answer to this was to simply ignore that particular site in your post.
I checked out the sites you are talking about. atheist.org had this paragraph in their introduction: "We are not a "religion." The concept of an agency outside of nature with the ability to reach into natural law and control events is supernaturalism, the foundation of any religion. Belief in the existence of that agency is based on faith. An Atheist has no specific belief system. We accept only that which is scientifically verifiable. Since god concepts are unverifiable, we do not accept them." According to manu1959 if they say they aren't a religion, then it must be so.
The atheistvsgod site is a blog...just like this one, except the membership is primarily atheist.
The last site you posted was a listing of what you call support groups.
Not one of these sites would lend itself to an argument that atheism is a religion. In fact, they flatly deny it.
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