I consider myself an Atheist and I don't see it as a religion.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And I don't consider off a TV channel. So we're kinda in the same boat here.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Is it a nice boat? I'm not a fan of sharks so I don't wanna be in a boat that could lose a fight with a shark.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, only Atheism isn't really a religion. It's the lack of a religion.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Atheism is the lack of a belief in a god(s) would be a better way to put it :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...Someone please explain, the only thing I can think of for "Off" is the bug repellent.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You turn a TV off.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Its a belief, to call it a religion would be a mockery of all religions. And i'm nihilist/atheist or whatever term is acceptable, so im not trying bash atheists.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate it when people try to argue it's a religion. I'm just going to go watch my favorite TV channel, off, and try to get my mind off of it. If that doesn't work, I'm going to participate in my favorite hobby, not collecting stamps. If I'm still annoyed, I'll see if a change helps and dye my hair bald.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Saying atheism is a religion is like saying bald is a hair style.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is actually such a good analogy. When you have the TV on, you're forced to mentally ingest a small, limited window of the world, contained in a carefully planned and edited program. There may be one type of show on now, but next year, some shows will be cancelled and new ones will appear, and 10 years from now, TV will be unrecognizable from what it is now, although somewhat similar. A person from one country will have a limited number of channels to choose from, a person from another country will watch another set of channels, and the best country may be able to broadcast their channels throughout other countries if they're influential enough and if the market is right. Meanwhile, once you turn the television off, the entire world becomes your oyster. It may not be as immediately rewarding, but there is so much more to do and explore and get done. A TV show is carefully planned and edited, but the real world will seem much more random and meaningless. And simply not watching TV doesn't say much about you as a person. While everybody watching a particular TV episode is viewing the exact same material, people who turn the TV off are off doing all kinds of different things.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought Off was a bug repellent

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How about we agree that atheism isn't a religion Its a belief system. All religions are belief systems, but not all belief systems are religions. to illustrate my point: http://ctrlv.in/148437

by Anonymous 12 years ago