It is freeing to recognize that I have never sinned and it pissed Christians off when I say this. To clarify, in Christianity sin is not simply “the bad things we do” it is specifically an offense against god. God does not exists so i have never sinned against him.
I’ve been an atheist for for 16 years but it was only recently that I realized this distinction. It short-circuits the guilt based evangelism. It forces the christian to first demonstrate that god exists before they can convince me I have sinned and need to be saved from that sin. And to say the least, they are ill equipped to demonstrate the existence of god.
Define religion for us please.
A circle jerk around the meaning of life
Atheism has nothing to say about the meaning of life. Atheism is the lack of belief in gods.
So either religion is “a circle jerk around the meaning of life,” and therefore atheism is not a religion “to a lot of atheists” or your definition is wrong.
Which is it?
A cult?
Religion is a cult or atheism is a cult?
Both
Okay, then please define ‘cult’ in such a way that describes both religion and atheism. You could start by telling us who the atheism cult’s leader is, because I sure don’t follow whoever that is.