Atheism = No Spiritual Dimensions To Reality?

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

There would be no need to refer to oneself as an atheist except from a religious perspective. If not for religion, there would be no need for the word atheist. It would just be the way things are.

That's true, but I think it denies the importance of the social aspects of the issue. There's a big difference between labeling oneself and being labeled by others. Which might be a tangential point in this conversation.