Is Atheism a Religion?
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Premise 1: The definition of religion is "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe." Premise 2: All atheists have decided upon a different cause, nature, and purpose of the universe then theists have, although this may vary between atheists just as it may vary between theists. Conclusion: Thus, atheism is in fact a religion. NOTE: This is not my actual belief. I personally think atheism is not a religion, but I thought I would just make an argument on this side, as no one else has, yet. Side: Yes
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"Premise 1: The definition of religion is 'a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.'" Under this definition, I think it would be safe to consider virtually everyone religious. So yeah, I guess you could consider atheism religious under this context. But, that's not really what people mean when discussing a particular religion, is it? I would use an alternate definition: "A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects(i.e. the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion)." From this I would conclude that theism is not a religion, but could be a basis for a religion. Likewise, atheism is not a religion, but could be a basis for a religion (I would consider Naturalism a religion, for which atheism could be a basis.) Side: No
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A religion is a belief of something beyond our imagination. Atheists don't have this. They only believe what they have sense able contacts with (except for feeling - apparently that is a pointless, needless and powerless gift the human being is given, according to atheists) Side: No
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