Ok, points from people on this list calling it a religion don't convince me. The other link calling it a religion *sorta* does, but I just don't see it personally. How can believing in *nothing* be a religion?
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:08 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Organized? Sure. But why is it being called a "religion"? A group, > yes. > > > > Granted, I am at work and cannot partake in the watching of these videos, > > but I don't remember the Athiests calling themselves a religion. > > Well, at least someone in this list has called it that in the past > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:120449 > > "Now I know what you are going to say, that's an offensive point of view. > You're right, it is. However this is ok, because offensive points of > view are quite fine as long as they are given in the name of religion. > Thats right, my religion (Atheism) allows me to say whatever it is I > like without the effects of typical social norms. In fact in my > religion, we believe that the bible was written by a local drunk (I > think his name was Gary) in a bar. It turns out the bet was that he > could write just about anything he wanted to and people would buy it. > Seems he threw that whole "Noah's Ark" bit in there to see just how much > he could get away with. He was right though -- and more right then he > could have ever imagined because not only did they (many people) fall > for his joke, but they even started killing people because of it." > > And from a message from Zaphod, Atheism is included on the "American > Religious Identification Survey" > http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/ > ( > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:29378 > ) > > And finally to quote Michael, "Anytime you have a belief and a > practice associated with that belief, > you're in the realm of religion. This makes me think of the levay > satanism. Just with more peanut butter." > (from > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:303 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
