The next time some ignorant person says "Atheism is a religion", tell them...

[trotsky]

9. I believe it is generally one of two things that makes someone say it.

1) They know it's false but say it anyway because they can't address the arguments of atheism, and will grasp for anything to try and fluster/anger an atheist to escape an argument they can't win. I think that covers about 75% of the Religion Group people who use it.

2) They honestly believe it, because of the "god-shaped hole" nonsense that became trendy a while back. EVERYONE worships something. We have a "god-shaped hole" that MUST be filled, and if we don't fill it with god, we fill it with money, or sex, or whatever. Thus the definition of religion is stretched to mean "something you spend time or effort doing," and voila, posting your opinions on the influence of religion in society is now a religion in and of itself! Or, in other words, "Ha ha, you're just as religious as me!"