Quote Originally Posted by Atma-Noah View Post

Gov, unless I have the definition of religion wrong... the quickest definition I found was this religion: a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. Wouldn't the theory of evolution fit this bill? It in itself doesn't explain the cause of the universe but does provide the nature and purpose of it. They rest of the definition need not apply because it the evolution isn't subject to a moral code or observances which aren't necessary in a religion. Since evolution is a theory it does require belief doesn't it?

Gov am I correct in saying then that real atheists don't concern themselves with either the cause, nature, or purpose of the universe because they don't believe?

As I've said before (this may be the third time I've said it now), I don't 'believe' in the theory of evolution. I merely think that it is the most likely to be correct just now. It's not belief, it's thought. It speculates about where we came from, but does not concern itself at all with the why. It does not seek purpose and meaning in the way that all religions do. Therefore it is not religious.

I don't get your second question. Why would a lack of belief in a higher power make us stop questioning our origins?