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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

If that were what the atheists on this forum were, that would be great. I'd love to be challenged to think deeply.

What I mostly read is angry, combative people spewing misinformation and shouting "That's not rational!"

It kills every thread.

Your are 100% correct that it does.

But you are totally clueless as to why that happens.

You can continue thinking that it's because the atheists are just so self-evidently right that they win every argument.

However I'd recommend a little more humility.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

If that were what the atheists on this forum were, that would be great. I'd love to be challenged to think deeply.

What I mostly read is angry, combative people spewing misinformation and shouting "That's not rational!"

It kills every thread.

Your are 100% correct that it does.

But you are totally clueless as to why that happens.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

If that were what the atheists on this forum were, that would be great. I'd love to be challenged to think deeply.

What I mostly read is angry, combative people spewing misinformation and shouting "That's not rational!"

It kills every thread.

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

Proverbs 26:5 —“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”

You prove my point: hens are not taught to sit on its eggs, but humans must be taught to go to church.

Hens have the information to build a nest and sit on eggs implanted in itself, no “egg sitting” college degree required.

It is true I am Christian because my family is Christian. Were I born in Saudi Arabia I almost certainly would be a Muslim because I will have been brainwashed via the Koran that Jesus is not the son of God who forgives sins.

Jesus said he and God are one, and that no one comes to God except by him. So, that means no Buddhist, Muslim, Jew, Hindu nor any other religion that claims a path to heaven are speaking lies and are as Jesus said they are, thieves and murderers attempting to enter the sheepfold by another way other than Jesus, who said he is the door to enter the sheepfold.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

Anonymous wrote:Because even if you are an atheist, thoughts about whether there is a divine being are timeless.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

”Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.” —Proverbs 26:4

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence do not rely" -Proverbs 3:5

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

”Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.” —Proverbs 26:4

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

What happened to all the people who lived the thousands and thousands of years before Jesus? Your speech above is crazy.

Plus, not even all christians believe the stuff about casting into the Lake of Fire. I sure was never taught that in Catholic Sunday school. Prtestants just went to hell - no lake, just eternal fire. Also, Catholics vwent there who missed mass and died before going to confession.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

What happened to all the people who lived the thousands and thousands of years before Jesus? Your speech above is crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Atheist and religious people are pretty much the same.

A Christian believes in Jesus, but they don’t believe in Allah, Vishnu, Zeus, ….

Atheist also don’t believe in allah, Vishnu, Zeus…. They just also don’t believe in 1 more god, the Christian one.

When an atheist speaks about not believing in Jesus, or that Jesus is god, that their god exists…. It’s really no different than a Christian saying they don’t believe allah exists

The name people give their supernatural God is irrelevant. Atheists are saying that no supernatural God exists - that there is no supernatural sphere. It doesn't matter what name believers give their god.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Huh? That’s not a rational conclusion.

That’s classic: “I don’t understand something so the god(s) must have done it.”