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'''[[Atheism]] is a [[religion]]''' and this has implications in terms of the disciplines of [[religion]], [[philosophy]], [[Christian apologetics]] and [[law]].  
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'''[[Atheism]] is a [[religion]]''' and this has implications in terms of the disciplines of [[religion]], [[philosophy]], [[Christian apologetics]] and [[law]].<ref>[http://creation.com/atheism-a-religion Is Atheism a religion?] by Daniel Smartt, Published: 4 May 2010(GMT+10)</ref>
    
If the view that there is no God (or are no gods) is a religion, it is argued its expression is constitutionally protected  in the [[United States]]. <ref>The Supreme Court has said a religion need not be based on a belief in the existence of a supreme being. In the 1961 case of [[Torcaso v. Watkins]], the court described "[[secular humanism]]" as a religion. [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874 Court rules atheism is a religion] </ref> The government cannot force [[atheists]] to recant and adopt the opposite belief.  
 
If the view that there is no God (or are no gods) is a religion, it is argued its expression is constitutionally protected  in the [[United States]]. <ref>The Supreme Court has said a religion need not be based on a belief in the existence of a supreme being. In the 1961 case of [[Torcaso v. Watkins]], the court described "[[secular humanism]]" as a religion. [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874 Court rules atheism is a religion] </ref> The government cannot force [[atheists]] to recant and adopt the opposite belief.  
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