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Atheists & Agnostics

LostOne4Ever

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2. In mathematics every group has a null set

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 12:13 PM

Jul 2014

While I agree we are not a religious group, I do think we should be considered in these types of discussions.

This is because I consider atheism to be the nullset of the group of all religions. We are not a religion ourselves, but must be included to make the group a real group.

It's like choosing none when given a choice of pies. It is also why we must be included when considering religious rights & freedoms and why you can't have freedom of religion w/ out freedom from religion.

Just my 2 cents.

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