Because asking someone what religion they are assumes they are religious. For most people "I'm atheist" also means they're irreligious.
If I didn't know any better I'd think you didn't use your brain at all when you made that reply.
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Edited by Assassin 11D7: 5/28/2014 12:33:51 AMI'm sorry, what irreligion(not a word) are you? Also, your basing your entire argument on how people speak, which is really silly when you think of it because not only is the English language a mess, but the people that use it are even worse.
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Edited by SexyPiranha: 5/28/2014 1:40:39 AM[quote]Irreligion[/quote] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion It's not my entire argument it was just the most obvious way to convey the difference between atheism and religion. Here's another one. Atheism is no more a religion than theism is.