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The ""assertion"" that atheism is not a religion needs ""support""? Really? OK, happy to oblige. My support is the primary definition of religion offered by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: ""the service and worship of God or the supernatural"". (I call this the ""primary definition"", though it does follow a highly technical one: ""the state of a religious"". Here is the example given for that usage: ""a nun in her 20th year of religion"".) Here's more support: Our Pew Research source brackets atheists with those ""unaffiliated"" with a religious faith. And here's even more support: Our CUNY Graduate Center source brackets atheists with those identifying with ""No religion group"". All clear?   "