Of COURSE atheism is a religion, they believe in "nothing"!

[rhett o rick]

15. Morals are independent from religion.

Regarding the view you posited that some people come to atheism by lack of evidence, whether that is a good or not depends upon one's view of applying the scientific method across the board.

I would certainly entertain evidence that people "come to atheism" by other than lack of evidence. The cornerstone of religions is "faith" which totally falls outside of anything scientific.

To say that atheism is literally unconcerned with morality is not bigotry but a simple fact. It is an entirely different statement from claiming that a person lacks morals or is a nihilist because that person is an atheist.

Please, that is a strawman argument. This is what I actually said, "To characterize those that dont believe in the existence of evidence of God as believing in nothing is absurd and may even be viewed as bigoted." First of all simply stating that something is "a simple fact", does not advance the argument. It isnt a "simple fact". Secondly, since there is no creed for atheists, neither you nor anyone else can characterize what atheists are concerned or unconcerned with.

Once again, atheism is not a religion, it has no creed. There is no church, no bible, no agreed belief other than the common disbelief that evidence exists, not faith, but evidence, that there is a God. Many people that are labeled atheists decline to accept that label.

Morals are independent from religion.