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by readthenotes1 5 days ago
Is "no religion" atheist? Or is "Atheism" an organized religion now?
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Atheism is not a religion, and someone who is religious can also be atheist (and some religions are not theistic), although having no religion does not necessarily make you atheist either (although many atheists are not religious). (However, considering that, putting "agnostic" in there seems to be strange compared to this.)

Howveer, when knowing what should be in the list, there is the question of what the information is used for, in order to know what divisions are helpful for this purpose.

> someone who is religious can also be atheist

Technically true but I don't see the word used like that much.

No religion = atheism

That’s what was officially on my docs, the whole time while in the Air Force

Athiesm continues to not be a religion despite religious people trying to make it stick

I don't know... The null set is still a set.
Yes but that’s only half of the atheist equation

It’s saying I don’t know and also saying I do not have a belief in any particular thing

So it’s accurately:

“I don’t know what set it is and I don’t even believe in the concept of a set”

So for me I reject the concept because nobody has ever offered their definition of god with a falsifiable hypothesis