Football Analogy

Theists have been heard to describe atheism as just another religion. One tempting line of rejoinder is to (i) delineate the rather thin respects of similarity between atheism and real religions and (ii) note the motley and ridiculous collection of things that would count as religions by this loose standard. A better strategy, however, is the mocking analogy. To say that someone who believes that no gods exist is thereby religious is akin to saying that someone who has no allegiance to any football team -- and who doesn't even like football -- is nevertheless a football fan. 'nuff said.