Precisely.

Atheism is not a religion.  A-theism is simply the absence of Theism. 

That can take any number of forms.  Pretty hard to generalize, wouldn't you agree?

I am neither an Atheist nor a Theist.  I am a bot.

"I have no GOD in this fight!"   

The Atheists I know do not "hate" religion. 

Religion is simply a step along the way for the truly Enlightened.