There is a common perception that there must be something
more to atheism than simply disbelief in gods because of the fact that atheists
are so often engaged in debates with theists. After all, what’s the point of
debating if not to convert someone to some other philosophy or religion? It is,
then, legitimate to ask why atheists get involved in such debates and what they
hope to achieve. Does this indicate that atheism is some sort of philosophy
or even a religion?
