This is going on a tangent, but I would like to point out to you that Atheism is itself a religion: It's a belief in no god(s), a belief in refuting god(s).
I'm Japanese, we (Japan) consider ourselves Non-Religious when we choose to celebrate newborn life at Shinto Shrines, weddings at Christian Churches, and funerals and graves at Buddhist Temples with no dogmatic attachment to any of them as an institution as we go through the motions in life.
There's a healthy enjoyment of Christmas involving cake and Kentucky Fried Chicken in there, too.
Thusly, I always find it interesting/amusing that Atheism is usually positioned as the anti-religion in the West when really it isn't.
I'm Japanese, we (Japan) consider ourselves Non-Religious when we choose to celebrate newborn life at Shinto Shrines, weddings at Christian Churches, and funerals and graves at Buddhist Temples with no dogmatic attachment to any of them as an institution as we go through the motions in life.
There's a healthy enjoyment of Christmas involving cake and Kentucky Fried Chicken in there, too.
Thusly, I always find it interesting/amusing that Atheism is usually positioned as the anti-religion in the West when really it isn't.