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What is atheism?

The denial of the existence in any god or gods. Atheism is the concept that there is no God, or deity above. It is not, I should clarify, a lack of belief in life after death,… (MORE)

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A long-term environmental specialist for the private sector, government and industry. A curmudgeon with years of practice. A person with no belief in or need for invisible friends or magic horseshoes. An artist (stained glass, wood carving and drawings) with work around the world. A second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Shotokan Karate. Rated in Aikido.

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How old is atheism?

Opinions Since religion had to have a beginning, atheism is older than religion. Richard Leakey (The Origin of Humankind) believes that the first evidence of religion… (MORE)

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Does Atheism have beliefs?

No. Atheism simply means "without god(s)" Atheism is the philosophical position of not believing - so there can be no beliefs. We need to define "belief" as well. Belief is a… (MORE)

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Who invented atheism?

There is no founder or inventor of atheism. Atheism is as old as humanity. We are all born atheists. Religion must be taught and learned. Since atheism is simply the absence… (MORE)

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What is an example of atheism?

Atheism is the lack of any belief in deities or higher beings in a spiritual realm. There's no real way to give an example of not believing in God or any gods as Atheists do… (MORE)

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Why is Atheism popular?

Opinion: Only about 4% of the United States is atheist, so it wouldn't beaccurate to say that it's popular, but since so many people in themainstream media are atheistic, it m…ay seem that way. ...andanother which supports the one directly above: In a recent survey of our major universities and colleges, it hasbeen found that an overbearing majority of teachers and professorshave a liberal stance, many denying the heritage of faith uponwhich our country was founded. As they teach, they effect our youngpeople, some of whom become teachers in our public and privateschools. This liberal bent has created a conflict with manyAmericans, especially with those who still hold on to the heritagefaith of our forefathers. The Supreme Court (Liberal at the time) in the 60's outlawed Biblereading and prayer in our public schools. Whereas our schools, inthe earlier 1900's used the McGuffey Reader to educate youngchildren, they were educated with a position of faith in God. Whileusing the Bible as its base, the Reader gave effective reading,writing, arithmetic and grammar teaching programs for over 200years in our nation. A certain socialist movement in the 1900's,outlined in the Humanist Manifesto, had been designed to graduallyremove spirituality from our society, particularly targeting ourpublic schools. The ensuing turn away from God in our nation has certainly giventhe atheists more room to foster their position. Yet many of thosewho have faith in God remain. Opinion: It seems extremism is a fad that never dies. Yes it is because of a"liberal bent", but true still there are highly intelligentreligious people. Even still yet there are "stupid atheists," andvice-versa. some who desire to have a certain social stipulation,hype, and stereotypical "atheistic intelligence superiority." Allof which is personally based on the individual. you may askyourself " Am I an atheist because of a personal introspection, oram I an atheist because it will make me popular?" Which of allironically, in the beginning, was to aid in the evolution away fromthis animalistic popularity seeking behavior; which seems to besimilar to a "who is week and who is strong" scenario just ofdifferent terms of text and labeling. Opinion: To assume atheism is popular is equal to assuming red is blue; itis simply not true. But what is true is the fact that over 90percent of the world beleives in a god or a higher being. What isalso true is that the more highly educated you are, the more likelyyou are to rationalize "God" out of your life or at least to astate at which "God" has no impact on how you go about your life.Compared to a child who grew up in a household with only "God"related talks, nothing that can and will contradict "God", a childwho is exposed (unbiasly) to both sides, and with an education,will be many more times likely (as mentioned before) to be anatheist. (MORE)

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Who was the founder of atheism?

Atheism is as old as mankind itself. everyone is born an Atheist and that man chooses a real religion no body found it

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What is militant atheism?

'Militant atheism' is a term used to describe atheists who actively criticize organized religion. They claim that religion is the cause of many of the major problems we face t… (MORE)

Lance Sievert

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Where are the headquarters of atheism?

Atheism is not an organization. It is simply an absence of belief in supernatural forces that control human destiny. An atheist is simply a non-believer. There is no headquart… (MORE)

Ran Robertson

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Why is atheism wrong?

Atheism is by no means wrong. We simply use our logic, reasoning, skepticism, and rational thinking to figure out how nature occurs, and not to cling to primative myths an… (MORE)