Religious Orientation

[Okurkabinladin]

Even though only 190 or so users voted so far, 63% of present people voted either agnostic or atheist. Which is well in line with what I guessed before hand.

I find it interesting that OP did not include "jewish" as an option given how its far more common in the west than say - hinduism. Sikhism likewise is getting more and more exposure.

EDIT: Wow! Just looked at the poll results so far. Lots of people consider atheism their choice of religion.

Atheism is not a religion (and that includes pastafarianism, feminism and other secular "hobbies") in and of itself.

“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.”

― G.K. Chesterton

So it could rather be described as form of spiritual diletantism and absence of firm code of conduct.

True lack of belief - nihilism is altogether different. Smart nihilists enter politics, dumb ones kill themselves early.

[BADecker]

Even though only 190 or so users voted so far, 63% of present people voted either agnostic or atheist. Which is well in line with what I guessed before hand.

I find it interesting that OP did not include "jewish" as an option given how its far more common in the west than say - hinduism. Sikhism likewise is getting more and more exposure.

EDIT: Wow! Just looked at the poll results so far. Lots of people consider atheism their choice of religion.

Atheism is not a religion (and that includes pastafarianism, feminism and other secular "hobbies") in and of itself.

“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.”

― G.K. Chesterton

So it could rather be described as form of spiritual diletantism and absence of firm code of conduct.

True lack of belief - nihilism is altogether different. Smart nihilists enter politics, dumb ones kill themselves early.

Since atheism is based on belief with no fact, atheism is a religion. And it is especially so in the presence of the scientific proof and evidence of nature for the existence of God, shown here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=737322.msg10718395#msg10718395
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1355109.msg14047133#msg14047133
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1662153.40
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1054513.msg16803380#msg16803380.

[Okurkabinladin]

BADecker,

I am not sure what you are even arguing about here?

The moment some atheists become religious, they are not atheist anymore. We are talking about the very meaning of the word here. A-theism is lack of commitment to any spiritual force. Some secular cults try to masquarade the vacuum as "human rights" or "social justice" or "master race" as we have seen in the past. But the fact is they all ended up in trap of materialism, because under the shiny surface they lack substance of true Faith. And most of the "believers" turns out to be momentary opportunists like Chesterton I quoted above observed long time ago.

Its not even about atheism being right or wrong, it is about it and its various popular offshoots do not deserving to be called religions. They are more akin to fashion worn by diletants and those fearing commitment.