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The hospital clerk asked my religion before a medical procedure. I told jokingly her to put atheist down. Atheist was listed under religion!
Should Atheists be lumped in with religions??

freeofgod 8 Dec 30
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No

bobwjr Level 10 Dec 31, 2019
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Should there have to be another category? Seriously stupid!

In this context I do not think that there needs to be another category no, certainly not for any practical reason. But I understand that some agnostics and atheists are sensitive about their ideas being classified as a religion, because under some circumstances that is used by theists, as a lead in to the argument they use, that, there is no such thing as not believing.

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Was this at a hospital that has a religious affiliation? If not, it is a strange question to ask. I suppose they have good intentions. I would probably respond "none".

No religious affiliation at all. I think lumping atheists into religion shows a lack of understanding about what atheist means.

@freeofgod Ordinarily i would agree, but in this case it is their business because they provide religious services for folks who want them, and answering "atheist" tells them to leave you alone with that stuff. It is useful to let them know that.

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Meh..

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List herself as a 'none'. None of their business! 😀

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It depends. If by atheist one refers to someone who does not believe there is a god, then no, that is not a "religion".

But if the term refers to someone who believes there is no god, then yes, because that is a belief system concerning the existence of a god without any evidence to support that belief.

Just as there is no evidence that a god exists, there is no evidence that a god does not exist.

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