Calling Science a religion undermines what it is. You can't live 'Science'. Its a discipline you use to get knowledge, but once you have that knowledge you leave Science and decide what to do with the knowledge.
Well said. Very well said. I would also add that 'atheism' is a conclusion, and therefore? Not a way of life, nor a behavior guide or anything but a conclusion.
Those things require something beyond mere belief or dis-belief.
I would also like to point out that someone saying "I believe in god" is
also a conclusion. Again, that isn't a way of life, nor a creed nor a guide or anything else.
Again, one must move onto something beyond this conclusion, to be of any use.
I suppose that is why you hear/read theists calling themselves "chrisitan" or "hindu" or "druid" or some other systematic collection of beliefs-- something that does, indeed, contain life-guides etc.
In a similar way, I see many atheists who call themselves "humanists" or similar.