User blog comment:Weedle McHairybug/Peace doesn't really sound very good to me... (various MG references and real life references ahead)./@comment-77.27.160.189-20121102081159/@comment-1672596-20121102120449

Buddhism does believe in the supernatural, though, not to mention Buddha had to undergo similar trials to Jesus Christ and drive away temptations from what is implied to be a demigod of evil, so it qualifies as a religion in that respect. Not to mention that Buddhism was an offshoot of Hinduism, which does believe in gods, and they retained the whole reincarnation aspect. Atheism doesn't even believe in the supernatural. Atheism doesn't believe in an afterlife. Atheism doesn't believe in reincarnation. Heck, Atheism doesn't even believe in stuff like ghosts and all of that. I know because that's exactly how they behave, from my experience with them. I've had a friend (he no longer is my friend, now) who basically claimed all of that stuff. Heck, they even refer to any and all religions as being "fairy tales" as if to imply that all the supernatural stuff that are cited are the result of people with overactive imaginations, and even have the audacity to imply that they were due to a primitive mind even if confronted with evidence towards religion being true, despite claiming that they'll look into it if supplied with evidence. At best, if they did believe in ANY Religion (not Atheism I must remind you), it would have been Satanism, as evidenced by the book Marxism and Satanism, with some evidence to suggest that Marx may have become a Satanist.

Regarding your comparison about Islam and its fighting Christianity and Judaism, Islam at least states that it is a religion, and at least states that there is an afterlife and some supernatural aspects. Atheism, and Communism/Socialism/Marxism by extension, don't even believe in any of that. Other than experience with Atheists, think about it logically: Why do you think that the Atheists/Communists/Socialists/Marxists are deeply afraid of being wiped out in a nuclear war? Simple, they don't believe in an afterlife. If you tried to use MAD on a muslim country, especially a radical muslim country, that won't work, as Muslims will die fighting as they'll believe they'll go to an afterlife anyway. And I must remind you that I wasn't trying to imply that they persecuted Christians and Jews. Heck, they most likely also persecuted Muslims at that time as well. I only listed Christians and Jews because those were the first examples that popped up, and I'm fairly certain that they persecuted other religions that were unfortunate enough to be there.

Also, Marx's words weren't "corrupted," they were actually carried out. Do you honestly think that claiming that religion is "an opiate of the masses" would indicate that religion should live. Heck, had I been the one to say that or something similar, I naturally would have been implying that everyone should just exterminate religion.

They may have similar structures in terms of loyalty, but that doesn't mean they are religions. At best, they are belief systems. Religions would require supernatural aspects, an afterlife, and a belief in a deity. Heck, I'm a Misty fan, and I've had at least one person tell me that I should start a religion on her. But guess what? Even I know that being a Misty fan would not be religious, as there are no supernatural aspects to her, she cannot actually get us to an afterlife, or any of that. Religion requires far more than simply believing in a deity. It's an important step, I'll give you that, but you also need to believe in an afterlife or some supernatural things.