Bet you he ' s streaming from his friend ' s Plex server . <| sep |> PZ was one of the leading proponents of the atheism plus movement , which tried to marry lack of belief in gods with left wing politics . Many of us would prefer if these magesteria remained nonoverlapping , and thus take issue with PZ and his politics . <| sep |> I always keep a sub or two subbed that pisses me off . I consider it a challenge . Don ' t want to end up in a bubble only reading things I agree with . <| sep |> Because Rogue doesn ' t flood the board most of the time or goes fullblown aggro . It ' s more like Rogue is just out of place , really . <| sep |> No problem ! I ' ll let you know if I change my mind . Take care ! <| sep |> A secular religion exhibits all the characteristics of a traditional one minus the belief in the supernatural . In other words , it is based on blind belief and unexamined assumptions , it has a set of sacred dogmas never to be questioned , orthodoxy is policed and dissenters are persecuted , etc . There might even be sacred texts . And the whole thing is just as irrational and superstitious as theistic religion . Marxism is a classic example it basically takes Christianity , removes God from it , and changes the details , but retains the story heaven is promised when the proletariat overthrows the systems of oppression and real communism , there are sacred texts and prophets Marx , Engels , Lenin , Stalin , Mao , etc . , there is no need to go in details about the persecution of dissentersheretics , etc . Another great example of a secular religion is modern feminism . It doesn ' t quite have the sacred texts and prophets because it is a bit of a herd of cats , but it definitely has the antiscientific dogma and blind beliefs persisting despite being in direct contradiction to objective evidence , etc . It even has the equivalent of a deity though in that case it is an evil one and not supernatural the patriarchy . And the vicious persecution of dissenters is well known , no need to go in details there either . A somewhat more subtle one is American exceptionalism the US is the greatest country that there has ever been , free market democracy is the best thing possible and the promised heaven , the Constitution is the sacred text , absolutely perfect and never to be altered and question , etc . Regarding your other question all religion is idiotic because by definition belief and dogma are foundational to all religions . And that means that if one follow a religion , he is guaranteed to have an incorrect understanding of the world around him . If you are not religious , you are not guaranteed to have a correct understanding , but at least you have a chance of approaching it , because you are constantly updating your beliefs when you are exposed to new data , evidence and arguments .