Atheism is a religion...a religion with no god

Around 90% of children from church homes attend government-run schools. There they are influenced by these beliefs of atheistic humanism and often don’t even realize it. The indoctrination especially occurs in pro-evolution science classrooms, but it happens in other classes as well. If this is a religion, Christians don’t have to accept its presentation as “fact” unchallenged. Christians should be free to speak up in the classroom or provide alternatives.

Atheists realize the danger of acknowledging that their worldview is a faith system. If it were recognized as a religion, they would lose their moral justification for kicking Christian influences out of the classroom and the public arena. Also, they could no longer be free to push their humanistic teachings as “neutral” facts in the classroom, despite the contrary religious beliefs of students.

A simple test can prove whether a worldview is “nonreligious.” If atheism isn’t religious, why do atheists ardently oppose religious claims?

Furthermore, does the atheistic view of origins, such as the big bang and evolution over millions of years—each involving natural processes—oppose the religious view of God’s supernatural creation in six days? Yes. Therefore, secular views of origins are religious, too.

People who claim they are not religious but then make judgments about religious beliefs (such as Christ’s deity, God’s existence, and the Bible’s truthfulness) have, in essence, made religious proclamations. Atheistic humanists may claim to be irreligious, but their zeal in refuting other religions only reveals their own religiosity.

When Americans United for Separation of Church and State and other so-called civil liberties groups file lawsuits to remove Christian symbols like crosses from public places, they are trying to impose their own brand of religion—humanism—on society.

A Failed Religion
Although hoping that we live in a godless universe is a religious belief, atheistic humanists do not have a viable religion based on its own logical criteria.

For instance, atheists say they will believe only what they can prove, but they cling to a belief—that matter arose by natural processes—which is unprovable by empirical science.

Adherents believe the universe, all life, the laws of nature, and laws of logic arose by natural processes, but that is not provable.
Atheists believe they cease to exist after they die, but how can this belief be proven?
Atheists believe no God exists, but can they prove this tenet, unless they possess all knowledge?
Since nobody could ever prove the nonexistence of God (unless that person had all knowledge, in which case he would be God), atheism must be a faith system.

One candid atheist has acknowledged: “My attitude is not based on science, but rather on faith. . . . The absence of a Creator, the nonexistence of God is my childhood faith, my adult belief, unshakable and holy.”4

Let us pray that someday soon, the consciences of America’s federal judges will be awakened to their sworn, biblically rooted duty to “administer justice without respect to persons” and that nontheistic religious humanists will cease to exercise court-shielded dominance in the public marketplace of ideas.

If Christians keep in mind that atheism is a religion—and a poor one at that—we can keep the moral high ground when defending religious liberties and sharing our faith. We believe that life is not just about the here and now. In our worldview, eternity awaits. Life has meaning and purpose because Christ came, was crucified, and rose again so that all who believe will enjoy everlasting meaning and purpose. It’s a message worth sharing and should not be hindered.