{"id":2362,"date":"2011-07-12T09:27:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2011-07-12T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:27:09","slug":"organization-does-not-equal-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"Organization Does Not Equal Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again a particular Christian has tried to equate organized atheism with religion in an attempt to dirty atheism by lowering it to the level of religion. We must be doing something right when religion practically admits to being dirty. In this case it is liberal radio host, Thom Hartmann.<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"430\" height=\"352\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FAFk_6oKXxQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"430\" height=\"352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FAFk_6oKXxQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nI don\u2019t think Rick Wingrove did a good job in this interview but I don\u2019t think he was prepared for this type of attack from the left. He might have expected a friendly experience instead of loaded questions like, \u201cWhen did you get saved through the religion of atheism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He probably should have spent a lot of his time rejecting Hartmann\u2019s attacks much more. Saying that atheism is a religion because we are organized is like saying that political parties and special interest groups are religions too. 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