Dennis Higbee wrote: > 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? <snip> Hey I've been part of that religion well actually a different faction; we honk every 3 minutes and scream 'stupid Minnesotan drivers' every 5 We like to call it 'stupid people who complain about stupid shit' What's great is we are completely unbaised (unless you are from another state and then we change the chant based on that, or perhaps if we are in another state ourselves) we practice this ritual upon eachother unrelentingly.