Jerry Avins wrote:
> Stan Pawlukiewicz wrote:
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>> ... IMHO, most believers view atheism as another form of religion,
>> so I think that a lot of people view the "flavor of evolution as
>> taught in schools" as the establishment of a different kind of
>> religion under a fig leaf of science. Ideally secularism should be
>> completely neutral. Not sure if thats possible.
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> I'm an atheist. I don't maintain that there is no god, just not one that
> matters. Those who hold that my belief is a religion are no more
> justified than I would be if I held that theirs is was devil worship.
> People who can't distinguish religion from a non-religious world view
> have little worthwhile to say on religion and related subjects.
>
> Jerry

I think that there is wisdom in what you say. No one should be
obligated to be labeled. However, on the basis of Constitutional
establishment, I would apoligetically characterize your views as being
religious. I read somewhere once that the Supreme court had at least
once characterized Atheism as a religion. I can't cite the case so I am
most likely incorrect.