I find it odd that when filling out a form that asked me what my religion is one of the choices is Atheist.

What now? That is the that opposite of religion.

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Atheism is not a religion or worldview.

    Atheism is the lack of a belief in a god or God’s.

    Many atheists including myself adhere to the statement of simply being unconvinced that there is a God or having no credible evidence to indicate a God’s existence.

    Maybe the form we were filling out legitimately needed that information but typically outside of a very specific set of data. I don’t see why any form would ever ask you what your religion or lack of religion might be.

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      In the medical world plenty of religions forbid certain things… like blood transfusions. I can’t really think of other places but I’m sure there are other legitimate use cases.

      But I usually just trike out stuff that is irrelevant. If they seem it relevant they can press the issue and explain why.