First Raytractor Contest

Well, Ray seems persistent with this nonsensical stream of posts on how atheism is a religion. Instead of responding further to this, I have a challenge for the Raytractors to post in this blog or in their own blogs:

Using Ray's definition, show how some cause, principle, or activity is a religion:

It’s interesting to note that one definition of religion is:

"A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion."

That rightly describes the ardent atheist cause. Despite protests to the contrary by its faithful adherents, atheism is a form of religion.

And remember, like Ray, you have to arbitrarily capitalize whatever you are addressing, regardless of the grammatical incorrectness of it:

Atheists may not like it, but even though they do not believe that they owe allegiance to God, like Buddhism, Atheism (note the capitalization) is a religion and those that adhere to its beliefs are "religious."

So, if yours is on stamp collecting, be sure to make it Stamp Collecting, and then make a reference to note the capitalization.

Finally, define the various aspects of the religion:

Pope: Charles Darwin
Bishops: Richard Dawkins • Daniel Dennett • Sam Harris • Christopher Hitchens
Holy City: Oxford, England
Creed: Darwinian evolution
Holy book: Origin of Species
Fellowship: Universal
Faith: The belief that there is no God
Agenda: The stop the advance of Christianity
Moral Code: Societal dictates
Language: Speculation
National Holiday: April 1st.

Just as a note, don't be afraid to misconstrue or redefine whatever you are addressing to make it fit, like Ray did with atheism:

Although many flinch at the thought that they have faith in anything, they believe that there’s no God, and even have "works" to confirm it.

I shall submit mine at a later time :-)

P.S. I'm rather interested to see Kaitlyn's submission ;)