But still, this makes no sense. You can see people arguing the virtues of all sorts of things; this doesn't make them religions.I made this statement regarding atheism:
I said that in reference to a statement made about counting atheism as one of the world's fastest growing religions. I didn't state that atheism is a religion I stated that I thought that for some it is. That is an opinion it is an opinion formed through observation and I believe it to be valid as an opinion. I gave several reasons why I believe some atheist treat their athiesm as a religion other than numbers of gods. If one is going to preach the virtues of disbelief in a god then that person should be prepared to have people form the opinion that they are treating their atheism as a religion.
Not really. While humanism isn't exactly a religion, it's the closest thing I have to one. I realize that the "atheist" qualifier doesn't strictly fit, but it's the sort of information that people here tend to be interested in knowing.I noticed that you put "Humanist/Athiest" as your religion in your user info and not "none". Does that not go to validate my opinion?
I see two possible reasons:I don't understand why the title of "Fastest Growing Religion" is so important. Competition among the religions is never a good thing.
Am I wrong?
- simple appeal to numbers
- if a person is convinced that their religion is created by God, and that God wants to convert everyone to that religion, then we would expect to see that the religion was very popular. If it's not growing as fast as other religions that aren't "God-given", then this is a strike against the truth of the religion in question.