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Croney

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5. We've all said things like, "Running is my new religion."

Reply to Doodley (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 08:28 AM

Mar 2019

But when referring to the definition of religion that means belief in a superpower, like a god, I just think that naming the absence of religion "religion" is a lazy hook. I do understand what the article is about. Just making an atheist's nitpick.

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Is No Religion The New Religion? [View all] Soph0571 Mar 2019 OP

There are varieties of "no religion": no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #1

Is no science the new science? Croney Mar 2019 #2

Why? Doodley Mar 2019 #4

We've all said things like, "Running is my new religion." Croney Mar 2019 #5

I would bet that more than half of those who say they do Doodley Mar 2019 #3