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Ah, well, as another example, I can bring up cats in Ancient Egypt. As I understand it, nothing special was attributed to cats, but they were worshipped, thereby pleasing Bast, who was somehow connected to them. One could argue that the supernatural lies precisely in Bast, and without her, all of this would be meaningless. Yes, that's true, but they worshipped cats, not Bast. Where is the line drawn when a cult transitions from worshipping the supernatural to worshipping the natural?
Marxism-Leninism (precisely it, and in the form it ultimately took under the influence of the USSR) clearly possesses a cult – worship, veneration, and certain things that are very much like rituals, almost exactly corresponding to them. And if I see an animal that looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... So it's not surprising that people see this as a religion – because the cult exists. Belief also exists – but not in the supernatural. So, the definition here largely depends on how this question is resolved.
But to extend this to all atheism is definitely meaningless; such inferences do not apply to atheism as a whole.
Marxism-Leninism (precisely it, and in the form it ultimately took under the influence of the USSR) clearly possesses a cult – worship, veneration, and certain things that are very much like rituals, almost exactly corresponding to them. And if I see an animal that looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... So it's not surprising that people see this as a religion – because the cult exists. Belief also exists – but not in the supernatural. So, the definition here largely depends on how this question is resolved.
But to extend this to all atheism is definitely meaningless; such inferences do not apply to atheism as a whole.