Note, however, that the article states the ruling to be specific about atheism being considerd a religion "for legal purposes", which is just about the only appropriate way to do so. Insofar as establishing rights for atheists that are comparable to "religious" rights, it is - apart from being howlingly ironic in itself - being legally defined as a religion is, at least, functional.
But philosophically speaking, atheism, by its very definitiom, NOT a religion, and I frequently weary of it being referred to as such
-Reverend Spith |
