pretty typical, you overlook all the good that religion brings and focus in on the bad.
Well you see many an atheist on getbig kick and scream when someone calls atheism a religion. Now you see the irony of starting an ode to atheism thread on a religious board do you not?
LOL religion isnt about comfort...
its much easier to be atheist than it is to be religious.
serious question, what basis do you use for your moral beliefs?
LOL how in the world is it easier to be an atheist? All you have to do is accept christ and you get this marvelous spa package when you die. You also have a constant safety net or believe there to be one any time something goes wrong.
what does religion offer that is novel? there is nothing in religion that secular people haven't done and any of the teachings have already been taught, it's a copy and paste from older religions which are an invention of man. The fact that man invented religion indicates that humans thought/think in any manner found within holy books before they were written.
morality is based off of logic/rationality and simple reciprocation and altruism. If you are using the bible for moral fiber then you have a hard road to argue as it is one of the more morally void books i could think of. Also, if the only place you derive your morals from are holy books and the concept of god then it would mean without such would you go around doing as you please, typical bad person.
you seem to think that i care if atheism is lumped as a religion, i don't. Namely because that's beyond stupid as it is simply a lack of belief, if atheists and rational people want to get together to oppose superstition and myth then I would be there to help out, call that religion, i call it a club.
There is no central doctrine of atheism so the fact that you guys think this ode or whatever is applicable to atheists is too funny. I fine with atheists making themselves look like fools, I'm not even an atheist, im more of a pantheist and for good reason imo.