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.
What is a religion? A chunk of ground isn't a religion. A book isn't a religion. A religion is when a person makes something a religion in his own heart and mind.
The adamant chiming of atheists that atheism isn't a religion is itself a religion in those atheists, a religion that has as part of its doctrine and dogma, statements and beliefs that atheism isn't a religion. In part, atheism is a religion of non-religion.
