The final “religion” in my World Religions series! Does Atheism count as a religion? Many atheists would say that it’s the polar opposite of religion, but I’m not sure how else to cover it – I would say that it’s definitely a “religious perspective.”
I mentioned in class that the number of Americans reporting “no religion” has increased over the last 10 to 20 years. Here’s a good post that summarizes a couple of the findings about these “nones.”
It was great teaching this series, and I hope we can offer it again sometime.
Handout
Here is my Atheism Fact Sheet. The presentation is below the jump.