On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 09:39 PM, Andrew Coates wrote:
>> If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby. > > Only if you specifically decide that collecting stamps is a bad thing > and should not be done. If you're not collecting stamp because you > either haven't made up you mind whether you want to, or because you > simply haven't thought about it, then it's more like agnostic > behaviour. I'd agree that atheism is a religion, but that being > agnostic is not.
Total crap. I have not decided that religion is a bad thing and should not be done. I have simply listened to theistic propositions and not agreed with them. I can say the same for astrology, too. Does not practicing astrology mean you are on the same level as an astrologer?
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