“Defining atheism as a religion is embellishment and bad philosophy.”

“Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position”

“No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.”

“Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.”

“If Atheism is a religion, then health is a disease!”

“As I’ve said, I’ve never believed in God, which technically makes me an atheist (since the prefix “a” means “not” or “without”). But I have problems with the word “atheism.” It defines what someone is not rather than what someone is. It would be like calling me an a-instrumentalist for Bad Religion rather than the band’s singer. Defining yourself as against something says very little about what you are for.”