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ElwoodBlues · M
[b]Definition:[/b] noun: religion
the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
[b]Another[/b]: Religion is a set of organized beliefs, practices, and systems that most often relate to the belief and worship of a controlling force, such as a personal god or another supernatural being.
[b] Britannica:[/b] religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death.
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Nope. My understanding of atheism doesn't fit any of these definitions or explanations of religion.
Full disclosure: I'm agnostic not atheist.
the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
[b]Another[/b]: Religion is a set of organized beliefs, practices, and systems that most often relate to the belief and worship of a controlling force, such as a personal god or another supernatural being.
[b] Britannica:[/b] religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death.
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Nope. My understanding of atheism doesn't fit any of these definitions or explanations of religion.
Full disclosure: I'm agnostic not atheist.
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@ElwoodBlues Don't go by dictionary definitions. The original definition for religion allows the agency to be either natural or supernatural. This means that a religion can be atheistic, and half of the time this is true. Still, 'atheistic' would fail to adequately describe any of the main tenets of an atheistic religion- and so atheism itself is never a religion.