I've been saying that Atheism is a religion for YEARS. About time someone read my blogs.
Maybe you should actually read the Bible and what Jesus says. Y'know, like in Matthew 6, "Be ye not like the hypocrites who believe their constant repetitions will be heard."
Atheists have no alter boys, no prayers, no church establishments, no tax-exemption, no record of sex scandals, no pastors, preachers, or priests, no coming-of-age rituals like Bar Mitzvah or confirmation, no holidays, no banned books or statements about heresy and blasphemy, no record of burning witches or heretics, no public displays of prayer or piety, no holy book supposed to contain "All Truth', no recited creed, no mythological 'transubstantions', no edifices with crosses.
These are attributes of organized religion, priests and preachers with an agenda to keep being supported despite doing little productive.
Maybe you are ignorant of the reason cult doctrines are not succeeding is because cults are not actually accepting the Gospel.
If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby, and baldness is a hair color.
I'm sorry you've been wrong for "YEARS", maybe you'll start getting a clue one of these days.
Hint: Atheism is not a religion. It's a *lack* of religion -- a *rejection* of religion.