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Originally Posted by Reverend_Hellh0und  A lack of a belief is still a belief. |
The absence of belief = a belief is a blatant contradiction in terms.
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Originally Posted by Reverend_Hellh0und "I do not believe in god or a god" is indeed a belief. |
No, no it isn't. For example, there are gods that some aboriginees believe in that I have never even heard of. I am ignorant of them, and yet I do not believe in them either.
My lack of belief in them is the same as your lack of belief in Zues or Apollo or any other god.
To suggest that the lack of belief in every god constitutes a religion, then you're religious about every god you don't believe in, and of those you've never heard of.
You're an atheist in respect to every god you don't believe in, would you say that the lack of belief in each of those gods constitutes a religion?
Religion is what you believe to be true, not what you don't believe.