Comment Re:Atheists Unite... not as a religion (Score 1) 845
Would you call "theism" a religion? Of course not, and neither is atheism. Those terms are only used to describe a position on the subject of make believe beings. Atheism has no dogmas, no holy texts, no shared morals or ethics, no preachers and no recognised leaders. The only thing it has is a position in the disbelief of gods. THAT IS ALL, there is nothing else. Why do people continue to spread false information on what they think atheism is. But if you want to get technical, the proof for atheism is found in the lack of proof that absolutely any make believe being exists.
No Dogmas? "nothing exists beyond the material"
No holy texts? "The God Delusion"
No morals or ethics? Got me there, philosophy has so far proven incapable of justifying ethics or morality on atheist assumptions.
No recognised leaders? Dawkins, Hitchens, etc.
As for false information, every time you refer to the subject of "religion" as "make believe things", you do exactly the same thing. Religions have as their subject immaterial things, which are not the same as "make believe things". Truth and melancholy are distinct from Peter Pan. Of course, charging you with hypocrisy would be meaningless, since atheism is incapable of enforcing even a code of courteous discourse.