You seem to have a reading comprehension problem. An atheist is merely someone who has no religion like bald is someone who has no hair. Language often works by analogy. We describe groups like cults even whilst they aren't in any way shape or form a religion nor a replacement for one.
michaelmrose
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This honestly just isn't true 70% of the pop is still Christian.
I had figured you to be one of the hurr durr atheism is a type of religion hurr durr types which are almost always Christians or the flavor of agnostic that holds so many Christian beliefs that you might as well call them Christian in everything but name. Did I guess wrong?
Religion and politics are oft intertwined that doesn't make them the same thing. In fact you might note that insofar as MAGA membership in a christian cult is highly correlated with being in a political cult.
Some of us aren't in any cult. Maybe that can be you one day.
People have passions about other things than Jeebus. They are often irrational and they tend to become attached to their pre-existing notions. These basic facts about humanity doesn't make their other passions a proxy for religion.
Typical cultist thinking. People's politics and thought processes are a religion like bald is a hair color.
People that live as their chosen gender are happier. People who don't are much more likely to kill themselves. Hard to argue with that.
In America its still not ok to be an atheist. Truly weird that it is ok to be part of several different mutually exclusive cults who all believe things that if they were not connected to a proper religion would get you laughed at but if you don't have a cult its not ok.
Actually in most of western europe its half think he's their enemy 40 some percent think he gives zero fucks either way and only 7-9% think he's on their side.