I told a religious buddy of mine that atheism is a religion the same way "off" is a TV channel. He struggled to comprehend how that's even possible lol

Thanks; I'm stealing that!

Lol

That sounds more like "Other" than "None".

I like the idea of putting “none.” I’m gonna start doing that instead of atheist.

Surely atheism is the belief in the lack of a god. Agnosticism is the lack of belief in a god.

Atheism is, in point if fact, a world view.

There is a world. You have a perspective on that world. The assumptions you make and the things you believe, rational and irrational, are a world view. The concept that there is (or is not) credible evidence that gods, or planets, or whatever fundamental facets of existence, imaginary or otherwise, are either a world view themselves or are deeply rooted in your world view.

Q: does your world include unicorns? A: i don't know.

The answer stems from having a world view that does not categorically include nor exclude unicorns. But more to the point, when answering questions like:

Q: what is most likely the source of existence? A:

The answer, if actually responding to the question, is a world view, or deeply tied to a world view.

As to forms: forms are often limiting and don't include information we consider relevant, or do include information we consider irrelevant. So it goes. In any case, they would ask that information precisely because world views provide broad but effective indicators about an individual. Knowing that a large incoming group of hotel guests is Christian, for example, can be a useful metric, because you'll know that your hotel will make above-average pay-to-watch porn sales that weekend.

I don't intend this to be harsh or negative but I don't know how to phrase this nicely;

Secular Humanism is a philosophy, not a religion. Religions are faith-based while philosophies are based in some logical argumentation. The muddling of religion with philosophy linguistically serves only to tarnish philosophy and lend undue credence to religion. That language is so flexible can be beneficial but it can equally be detrimental when used like this.

Wow, I just read about secular humanism, and it seems to be pretty much exactly how I feel about things. The human race could, through science, understanding, and cooperation, solve most of the problems that we are faced with. I like that.

In my opinion, if somebody states that there's something spooky going on, then the onus is on them to provide evidence and prove what they're saying. I don't have to do anything.

Non-denominational is still religious/spiritual here, like Christians that aren't affiliated with a specific church.