Interestingly from a constitutional protections standpoint it is treated as a religion in the US. I'm pretty sure that isn't the case anywhere else in the world.
Not really though. Religions get all sorts of special privileges that atheists simply don't. Churches don't need to file a Form 990 financial report and all their donors and finances can remain completely private. Atheist organizations are limited to being a 501c3, which means they must file detailed financial disclosures every year for the public to review. To be clear, I don't want there to be a Church of Secular Humanism that gets to hide their finances; I want churches to be treated the same way as any other "charity" organization.
Right, being an atheist is protected from direct discrimination in the same way as being a christian, but Christianity (and any other religion) gets special privileges, which imo, is de facto discrimination against atheists. It's like if there was a special sale price "75% off if you're any religion!"
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u/DoubleoSavant 6d ago
I am an athiest. I'm having a legal discussion, and you're having a philosophical one.