From: foolm0ron | #157
Why not?
Because if your definition of religion is that broad, you make the term completely meaningless and useless. If atheism is a religion, thinking chocolate is tasty is also a religion. Both are things that some people believe. Religion tends to entail a lot more than a position on a single issue, most decent definitions of it will include the need for traditions, unity, an actual statement about the ideal way of things, sets of morals, the idea of something sacred, etc. Any mixture of these and more. It's not a cut and dry issue by any means but it's pretty easy to say that atheism is not a religion unless you think every belief about every subject is also a religion.
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Mistake you're making - overlooking the fact that we might not want to be saved.