• pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    That it’s a religion. Except for a few groups, which I find kind of strange, being an atheist is the lack of religion and belief in a god. It’s not a religion or anything like a religion and so often I see atheism discussed by the religious in religious terms l, as a monolith, and other ways that just totally miss the mark.

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      If religions and beliefs are like the different broadcast channels you see on TV, you get Atheism when you turn the TV off.

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      It’s easier to group it up as a religion for information purposes, the amount of atheists are relevant if someone’s researching which religions people believe in.