On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Casey Rousseau wrote: > Dennis Higbee wrote: > > Atheism is not a religion, but there are atheists who make it into one. > > I think we are saying the same thing but making different divisions. I > would say there are people who have no religion but they are not atheists. > > It may boil down to the difference between: > > I believe in no god. > and > I believe there is no god > > The first is not a statement of religion. The second is indistinguishable > from a religion. You're right. We do agree. You just expressed it much more simply and elegantly than I did. -Dennis