{"id":2739,"date":"2012-02-06T10:28:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2012-02-06T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:28:16","slug":"really-atheism-is-a-religion-but-christianity-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Really? Atheism is a religion, but Christianity isn’t?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know religious believers are living in a delusional world when they actively try to convince atheists that atheism is a religion, but that Christianity isn\u2019t. As ridiculous as such a belief sounds, we hear such nonsense from religious believers all the time, but rarely at the same time.<\/p>\n

First, there is the claim that atheism is a religion. This is pretty popular lately. My sister made this claim on facebook a few days ago and former MTV Vjay, Kennedy, made this claim on Real Time with Bill Maher last week. I have already written an Atheism 101 article on this subject<\/a> and this past week, Bill Maher responded to Kennedy\u2019s claim on his show on Friday:
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\nThen there is the second claim, that Christianity is not a religion. This is almost always followed by the statement that it is a relationship with God or Jesus or both. If you ask me though, it is more of a religionship than a relationship. We have relationships with actual people who actually exist. And in relationships, we don\u2019t pray to our loved one either.<\/p>\n

When religious believers have such things as atheism being a religion and Christianity not being one mixed up, how can anyone possibly take them seriously? Can\u2019t we just laugh at them and call it a day?<\/p>\n

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