`  :The ``assertion`` that atheism is not a religion needs ``support``? Really? OK, happy to oblige. My support is the primary definition of religion offered by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: ``the service and worship of God or the supernatural``. (I call this the ``primary definition``, though it does follow a highly technical one: ``the state of a religious``. Here is the example given for that usage: ``a nun in her 20th year of religion``.) Here's more support: Our Pew Research source brackets atheists with those ``unaffiliated`` with a religious faith. And here's even more support: Our CUNY Graduate Center source brackets atheists with those identifying with ``No religion group``. All clear?   `