[Sandy]

It's not a religion. Atheists don't share a belief system, a moral code, a way of looking at the world, and all the other stuff that religion normally entails. Atheists have one thing in common--they don't believe in God. Lack of belief in God says absolutely nothing about what an atheist does believe. That's why it's not a religion. A lack of belief in God says no more about a person than does a lack of belief in the Tooth Fairy or a lack of belief in Santa Claus. This case is just a group of leftwing judges bending over backwards to appease some criminals with a gripe about their confinement conditions. It *will* be reheard en banc, and it *will* be overturned. No doubt about it.

[Lexinom]

Do you believe that Darwinian evolution is a proven fact?

[MitchellC]

Atheists don't share a belief system, a moral code, a way of looking at the world

...Any less than Theists do.

[Racehorse]

It *will* be reheard en banc, and it *will* be overturned. No doubt about it.

I appreciate your certainty.

But, what causes you to believe with such enthusiastic certainty that the full panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear the case?

[ThePythonicCow]

Atheists don't share a belief system, a moral code, a way of looking at the world, and all the other stuff that religion normally entails.

They probably share about as much as John Kerry and the Pope, two Catholics, share <grin>.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

It's not a religion...

It is a Neo-pagan one for most of them.

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Atheists don't share a belief system, a moral code...

By definition, they should not have one at all...

There is no such thing as an ecumenical atheist!