Should Atheism be sonsidered as a religion?..

theists believe in gods atheists believe in science theists believe in paranormal, imaginary, irational things atheists believe in what they see, in what can be proven theists prove they are right by the phrases "because it exists" "don`t doubt the all mighty god" "you will burn in hell for not believing" atheists prove they are right by bringing facts, experiments, logical ... So i love being an atheist, and we shouldn`t be considered as a religion, i hate religions, religions control people, if atheism would have been a religion i wouldn`t be one right now. When people laugh at me because i`m an atheist i tell them i like things that can be proven, then if they continue i just ignore them

To use the old cliche - "If atheism is a religion, then bald is a hair color." Having a belief about the supernatural doesn't necessarily make that belief a religion. You need a little more substance than that to have something qualify as a religion. Religions incorporate both beliefs and some kind of practice - be it moral or ritualistic. Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Satanists, Shintoists, etc. - they all have certain practices to go alongside their beliefs. Theism, Agnosticism, polytheism, deism, and atheism are all just philosophies as to the nature of Gods. There's no practices, no ceremonies, or no set code of conduct that any of them have. There's really nothing religiuos about them.

Well I don’t know really. As far as fanatical following goes, atheists are in no way less vociferous than theist…so in that sense atheism can be a religion. But no religion has been able to show or give concrete evidence and reasoning behind the existence of god, its all very hypothetical and bases on beliefs. But atheists cite logical scientific proof of many incidents which are otherwise attributed to God and religion.

Yes atheism should be considered a religion. It is a belief like all other religions so why not.

It is a religion, so is Voodoo. Why can't people just live & let live, believe how we choose? In my opinion, it's just another form of mind control, trying to make people conform to others ideas. It's also another thing people hide behind so that they can be judgemental & critical of others. I consider myself non religious, it doesn't mean that non believers are evil or bad people. Even President Obama has included non believers in his speeches. Learn to respect others beliefs or lack thereof....maybe everyone could learn from each other.

I myself am an atheist and beg to differ with your opinion. According to the American Heritage Dictionary Religion is: Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. This does not follow your theory. Atheism is not only the belief that there is no god, it's that there is no heaven nor hell only the world we live in now. It is the lack of religion.

I suppose it could, if you want to look at it in those terms. Religion is actually a man-made thing, I'm not sure if various beliefs are actually man-made or not because you'd have to follow them all the way back to the source to see how and why they came about. This is a good question though, because despite what some people think, I am not an atheist. I do believe there is a God, but I don't believe all the surrounding crap that goes along with it, like God loves or hates specific people, that you must follow 3857699 rules, that you have to talk to people about your views, etc. Anyhow, I consider myself absent from religion, and I intend to stay that way. Believing there's a God does not mean I have to accept religion or adhere to anything religion states as important either.