Atheism is a religion

[jjcrazi]

Honestly, the shit people say! What are some of the frustrating things people hear about atheism, what have you said and why do you think people say such shit like "Atheism is just another religion"

[Voltairine]

The general reply is "if atheism is a religion then not collecting stamps is a hobby".

[TASIN]

Originally Posted by Voltairine

The general reply is "if atheism is a religion then not collecting stamps is a hobby".

I like this reply; simple, to the point and difficult to argue with. One for my quote collection.

[Voltairine]

Originally Posted by TASIN

I like this reply; simple, to the point and difficult to argue with. One for my quote collection.

I take zero credit for it. And it's been misattributed to many.

Another one, useful in the age of the omnipresent gogglebox, is: Atheism is a religion like Off is a TV channel.

[Fearless]

Atheism is as much a religion as bald is a hair colour

[Fearless]

I often think it is to try to trivialise atheism. What was once a lesser known term is getting right up the nose of the religious more and more. The best way they can think to address the rise of atheism is to denigrate the term. They only make matters worse for themselves though highlighting how ignorant and even bigoted they are.

Use humour and read up on what others have to say on it and you will soon have these sorts of people sitting uncomfortably, even if they don't show it.

The other big one I find is
'if you don't have god and the bible, where do you get your morals and values from?'

Again pure ignorance and stupidity.

[Loki]

It's funny though. Theists want to arbitrarily declare atheism a religion so they can declare it of no value.

Irony what.

[Voltairine]

Originally Posted by Loki

It's funny though. Theists want to arbitrarily declare atheism a religion so they can declare it of no value.

Irony what.

Quite. Ask them whether it's meant to be an insult.

[Keith_W]

I think many Christians think religion is a bad thing. See how quick they are to say that Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship with God.

[jonno]

Best one I've heard was from a co-worker who stated "you're an atheist? So what do you believe in - science?" (with a sarcastic overtone on the last word).

The rest of the conversation was based around the usual arguments that science keeps on changing it's position with me responding in the affirmative that with the presentation of new evidence science does indeed evaluate and, if required, change its position - unlike religion which will either ignore the evidence or attempt to change it to suit their beliefs.

This lead onto the classic statement that "you have to believe in something" and unfortunately no humour was seen in my flippant reply that I believe I'll have lunch now - but I did have lunch so at least my belief happened