"Atheism is a religion" I see that is the new thing going around. This is simply NOT true!!My response:
Using all caps does not increase the validity of an argument.
If political ideology & goals have been brought into one or more atheist groups you belong to, which I'm sure they HAVE, then yes you have a de facto religion.
Are children blank slates? The modern denial of human nature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blank_Slate
Are the wages of sin, death (in other words, are there very good fully natural evolutionary reasons religions came up with prohibitions regarding destructive behaviors)?
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29442642
More general counter-counter commentary:
http://jonathanshome.blogspot.com/
Additional humanist counter-theory:
http://www.avoiceformen.com/
The more popular groups, such as CFI, American Atheists, and national humanist groups do very much have political goals & ideologies engrained in their core group "missions." And so, rather like the creationists do with Darwinian evolution & the god concept, they put the cart before the horse.
Oh, and pot does rot your brain...
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/16/casual-marijuana-use-may-damage-your-brain/
http://io9.com/5903837/what-cannabis-actually-does-to-your-brain
Add Atheist Community of Austin and Atheists of Utah to the list of new religions.
A single atheist may not be a religion. But when more than one is gathered in the name of a political ideology, they quickly become one, de facto.
Recovery from Atheists of Utah
http://jonathanshome.blogspot.com/2014/05/recovery-from-atheists-of-utah.html
Do you all see a difference between being an atheist and being antireligion? | Atheism is a religion
http://jonathanshome.blogspot.com/2014/04/do-you-all-see-difference-between-being.html
Shermer on confirmation bias:
http://www.michaelshermer.com/tag/confirmation-bias/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-political-brain/
