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Readers Respond: How Many Different Ways Can You Complete The Phrase "If Atheism is a Religion...

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Most atheists have probably encountered religious theists trying to convince them of the falsehood that atheism is a religion (some of these same people are Christians who insist that Christianity isn't a religion!). A popular retort is that "If atheism is a religion, then bald is a hair color," thus revealing that you can't define the absence of something as simultaneously the presence of that thing. How many other ways can you express the absurdity of calling atheism a religion? If Atheism is a Religion,

No Car Is A Car

If atheism is a religion, then pedestrians should be ticketed for driving their cars too far under the speed limit.
—Guest Seriadh

If atheism is a religion…

…then disinterest in cats equals zoophilia.||||||||
—Guest Bastianyo

If Atheism is a religion ...

Then what's the opposite of religion and what would you call someone who has no religion?
—Guest Bruce

If Atheism is a Religion ...

... then bears are still Catholic, and the Pope still craps in the woods.
—SaintStephenNot

If Atheism is a Religion...

then to be is not to be, and to think is not to be
—Guest writerchris

If atheism is a religion...

If atheism is a religion, then death is a way of life.
—Guest Denis

Ashes to ashes

Then cremation is a fashion statement and 0 is a quantity.
—Guest Borsia

If atheism is a religion...

then silence is a language (and remaining perfectly still is a sign language).
—Guest Levi Tooker

If atheism is a religion...

then absence is presence and you can never be lonely for anyone ever again because they are always with you.
—Guest Angie

If Atheist is a Religion

If Atheism is a religion then we couldn't be Atheists because Atheism is the absence of believe in gods or goddesses.
—Guest Terri

If atheism is theism...

...then asexuals are sexuals. (Oversimplified explanation: asexuals don't experience sexual attraction.)
—Guest Maria

If atheism is a religion...

does that mean Christians have 2 religions since they also don't believe in all of the other gods?
—Guest Jason

If Atheism is a religion

then being teetotal is a type of alcoholism and not taking drugs is a type of addiction
—Guest Picman

If Atheism is a Religion...

If Atheism is a Religion... then cannibalism is a sport.
—Guest Alex

if atheism is a religion

then we would have a place to worship ...an what would we be worshiping????....LOL
—Guest derik13

If Atheism is a Religion,

How Many Different Ways Can You Complete The Phrase "If Atheism is a Religion...

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