Kerry,
I really wasn't going doen that trail.

The problem, as are many problems, sione of definition. In fact even a cursory look at several dictionaries will reveal a multiplicity of definitions of "religion".
If we cannot agree on the definition, we cannot hope to agree on whether atheism is a religion.

Its like the old argument," If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound"
Again, it depends on the definition--in my 7th grade science class the teacher used the deifintion that there must be a source of vibration (within a spoecific Hz range), a medium to transmit the vibrations, and a receptor to "hear" the vibrations. By his definition, the answer to the above question is "no".
But a different definition that looked at the physics of vibration, apart from the need for a hearer, might well draw a different conclusion.
The point is that apart from agreement on terms we will not resolve this to our mutual satisfaction. ( I'll just contine assuming I am right; you will go on thinking you are right.)

Where else do you get to have discussions like this?

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