It is freeing to recognize that I have never sinned and it pissed Christians off when I say this. To clarify, in Christianity sin is not simply “the bad things we do” it is specifically an offense against god. God does not exists so i have never sinned against him.
I’ve been an atheist for for 16 years but it was only recently that I realized this distinction. It short-circuits the guilt based evangelism. It forces the christian to first demonstrate that god exists before they can convince me I have sinned and need to be saved from that sin. And to say the least, they are ill equipped to demonstrate the existence of god.
So by ‘practice atheism,’ you mean talk about it. And that’s what makes a religion. Talking about something.
So I guess discussing the weather is a religion.
If my main reference of weather was “why my weather forecast is better than your weather forecast”, then yes, weather becomes a religion
I don’t think you understand the argument atheists are making if you think that’s all there is to it.