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I find it odd that when filling out a form that asked me what my religion is one of the choices is Atheist.

What now? That is the that opposite of religion.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Since 'atheism' means 'without religion' it's the same as putting in "none."

imho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're in the United States, the current situation decided by the judges is that Atheists have to argue as if they're a religion as well.

A lot of work will be needed to fix this error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can I use the Flying Spaghetti Monster

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you and your friends can argue that you have a prayer meeting spot for the spaghetti monster.

It's like a cheat code to get a judge to actually listen to how Christians are discriminating against your religion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hail pasta!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I am a literal ordained Dudist priest. I can, and even have, legally marry people. Because America is fucking crazy and makes this incredibly easy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know, you should be able to practice whatever religion you want. The conservatives however see religious freedom as you can be whatever kind of Christian you want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It depends how you define "religion"

Atheism is a belief. You have a belief that there is no supernatural being or power. A lack of belief in anything is agnosticism, not atheism.

If you define religion as a belief (I would) then there you go. If it's a set of practices and dogmas, then technically Christianity isn't a religion and it's denominations are as they practice things differently and some have added dogmas or different interpretations, even though they believe in the same God and have the same fundamentals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Atheism is a belief

No, it's not. Theism the belief in a higher power, put the prefix a- on it and you get "doesn't believe in a higher power"

Atheism is literally the lack of belief. It doesn't make a positive statement that there's not something there, it just means they don't believe

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm fine with it on like a drop down or a form. No need to make things needlessly complicated. It's basically 'none' except it's clear. 'none' could be misleading, atheist is exact.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's all a bit vague, but one could say "Atheist is a religion and Agnostic is none, because Atheists believe there is no god or afterlife" but often Agnostic is considered a type of Atheist.

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