On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 Randi128 at aol.com wrote: > Dennis wrote: Atheism is not a religion, but there are people who may make it > into one. > > Atheists believe there is no God. Religion is a belief. By answering the > question 'Do you believe in God' you are professing your religeous beliefs. > The only way to be non-religeous is to not even acknowledge the question. Your definition seems overly inclusive to me. For instance, I believe I'll be stuck in rush hour traffic this evening. Does that mean I've just started the Holy Reverend Church of Sitting on My Ass and Screaming "Fucking Traffic" Every Two Minutes While Honking My Horn? If someone allows their atheism to dominate their life in the same way Christianity dominites the lives of devout Christians, then as far as I'm concerned, they are religious. If someone just makes peace with the fact that they believe that there is no God and then gets on with their lives, never bothering with it again, that person has no religion. That's what I meant. -Dennis