Reply #311: I know I'm beating a dead horse, but... [View All]

[Pacifist Patriot]

Yes, atheism is not a religion. Just like monotheism is not a religion. It is a tenet of some religions.

But, atheism is not the absence of religion. There are religious atheists. Two examples being humanists within Unitarian Universalism and the American Ethical Union (Ethical Culture Societies).

Religious atheists are most likely a minority among atheists and most atheists would consider themselves to have an absence of religion, but that doesn't mean atheistic beliefs necessitate an absence of religion.