I love this debate.
I was born and raised LDS. We read the BoM every morning. We deeply studied the Pearl of Great Price as well as The Doctrine and Covenants. This with long additional study in the Bible. I went to seminary the entire time I was in school. I was even looking forward to...
Not a religion.
Being Atheist myself, I don't like the idea of being called a religion. It lessens the principle of the matter. We don't have any rituals, dogma, or requirement of faith. Atheism actually predates religion.
But being "religious" is not the same as being part of a "religion"...