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I suspect, atheism itself will become an organized religion several decades from now.


I think in some circles it already has.

(Don't know why you got down-voted.)


I think Unitarian Universalsm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism is some kind of organized atheism.


Ssh! Do not inflame the coffee-fueled wrath of the Unitarian Jihad!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/ar...

Seriously, though... despite the fact that some UUs are indeed atheists, most of them (including many of the atheists) would disagree with this statement.


it is acceptable to be a UU and believe in God or not believe in God. That is why some people think UU is not a religion- it doesn't have dogma.


and if you don't think they're tolerant enough, there's always http://www.themonastery.org/


"I suspect, baldness itself will become an accepted hair color several decades from now".

See how silly that sounds? Atheism is not nor will it ever be a religion.


It's happened long ago: Communism. One of the central dogmates: "Religion is opium for the people" (Marx). It went all the way here in Russia: purposely desecrating churches, blowing them up, using them as warehouses, shitting on icons etc.; newspapers named "Atheist" or "Blasphemer"; killing priests en masse as "reactionary elements".




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