Fox News attempted to use Pat Tillman for their gain. According to to Ann Coulter Pat was an avid Republican and God fearing Christian.
I don't even want to go here. I have too many things to worry about like my Blazers playing like SHIT!
which one of those things do atheists spiritually affix the cause, nature and purpose of the universe to?
Sure it is, even if it's the religion of anti-religion. It even has evangelists. The courts have also ruled it is a religion, as is secular humanism, for purposes of the 1st amendment.
The religion of anti-religion? I think you're confusing religion with opinion. Those are just assholes. The courts are wrong.
I am not confusing anything. The courts are quite right in their ruling and treatment of atheism. Consider if the govt. tried to restrict peoples' worship of atheism. In fact, that's exactly what the govt. tried to do and why the cases went in front of the courts.
The atheist won't accept that he belongs to a religion. It's cool. I wouldn't mind if there was an organized religion for agnostics, but then again, the leader would just get up on stage, look to the sky, shrug his shoulders, and we'd all go home and get on with our lives.