[DeweyCA]

FTA: The Supreme Court's definition of religion used to require a belief in God, but the Court abandoned that position 60 years ago in Torcaso v. Watkins. Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)—which administers Title VII—employs a much more expansive definition: "A belief is 'religious' for Title VII purposes if it is...a 'sincere and meaningful' belief that 'occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by...God.'" "Religious beliefs include . . . non-theistic 'moral or ethical beliefs as to what is right and wrong which are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views.'"

[ReformedBeckite]

"...a 'sincere and meaningful' belief that 'occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by...God...."

An atheistic basic thinking there is no God, so according to the section above that is part of the definition above in comment it will be unlogical for something to be parallel to something that doesn't exist.