Re: ATHEISM - A Side-Effect of Religious Stupidity

On Fri, 09 May 2008 12:11:34 -0500, Rod <icom706@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Bibon wrote:
>> TUPELO, Miss., -- A federal court of appeals has ruled in favor of an 
>> inmate who claimed that Wisconsin prison officials violated his rights 
>> under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because they 
>> refused to allow him to create a study group for atheists.
>> 
>> The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prison officials erred 
>> because they “did not treat atheism as a ‘religion.’” The court said, 
>> “Atheism is [the inmate’s] religion, and the group that he wanted to 
>> start was religious in nature even though it expressly rejects a belief

>> in a supreme being.”
>> 
>> Brian Fahling, senior trial attorney for the American Family
Association 
>> Center for Law & Policy, described the court’s ruling as “a sort of 
>> Alice in Wonderland jurisprudence.”
>> 
>> “Up is down, and atheism, the antithesis of religion, is religion,” 
>> stated Fahling.
>> 
>> The Supreme Court has said that a religion need not be based on a
belief 
>> in the existence of a supreme being. In the 1961 case of Torcaso v. 
>> Watkins, the Court described “secular humanism” as a religion.
>> 
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>> 
>> Yes, atheism is a religion and is recognized as such by Federal Courts 
>> in the USA. More ammo for you to use against those who doubt your
FAITH!
>> 
>> 
>
>   Atheism is not a religion..the fact that a judge and lawyers see it 
>as such is just another indication of the mentality of sickness that 
>permeates society today. Atheism is a mode of existence, a means of 
>living ones life free of unjustified restraint.

Rod,

Atheism is a religion as indicated by the "ism" suffix.  While not all
atheists belong to the religious cult; many do.  Those that do promote
their religion and speak against other religions just like
fundamentalists from other religions do.  Atheism involves  self
wor****p, man wor****p, and systems wor****p.