Atheists are regular people. They just don't believe in any gods. We're very, very concerned with religion, though. We want to be sure that religions don't destroy humanity. They sure are trying.
The assertion in the question is false and offensive, at least as applied to atheists.
I think it's Vermont or Maine. The Northeast and Northwest coasts have the least religious affiliations.
Originally by boat like most other North American Settlers, for at least the least the last half century they have tended to travel by aeroplane.
Probably Bangladesh, Niger or Somalia where 100% people say that religion is important to them.
There is no atheism legend. Atheism is simply a non-belief in the existence of a deity.Some other groups have legends (or at least misconceptions) about atheism. Like all legends there is no truth in them. Examples are:That atheists are evilThat atheists are pro abortion/drugs/promiscuityThat atheism as a group has an organization and rules and goalsAtheism = Communism (or naziism, or socialism)That atheists conspire to do away with ChristmasThat atheists are in league with the devilThat atheists really want to be convertedThat atheists "miss" god (often stated as "They have a god shaped hole in their hearts.)That atheists "deny" godThat aatheists hate the religious peopleEdit to add: I don't know which 'other group' started it, if any really did, but it has been said that atheists eat (human) babies. This has been adopted by atheists, especially on atheist internet forums, as a running gag. So any Christians, Muslims, or whatever, browsing atheist forums should remember, we're only joking guys.
his shoes tended to match his suit they were usually white dress shoes at least they were later in life.
Question asker here, didn't have all the space I needed in title area, will continue here. 'You believe X is false' (atheism) = 'You believe ~X is true'. The 2nd proposition claims something instead of denying something, do atheists have at least a partial burden of proof?
This is a very common question asked of atheists. More often then not they skirt the issue by responding that not all atheists share the same values. I'm not going to do that because I believe that many Christians have at least a set of common principals that they believe in and follow. I would say most atheists adhere to issues of personal freedom, human rights, reproductive rights and principals of democracy. As atheists we also do not believe in magic, superstition or other non-empirical systems. We rely heavily on science for our answers and see the scientific method as the path of the future. Since we have no after life we believe we must do now whatever we can to improve our lives here and now.
Atheism is not an organised movement, in the way that a religion would be. It is simply the belief that no god exists, or at least that there is no reason to believe that a god exists. Beyond that, different atheists are free to hold such worldviews as they wish. However, there are some secondary beliefs that most atheists would probably subscribe to by not believing in a creator god. If, as atheists believe, there is no God, then the world and all living things were not divinely created. This does not necessarily lead on to believing in evolution, but evolution is the most rational belief for most atheists. So, although it is not necessary to be an atheist to believe in evolution (many religious people also believe in evolution), most atheists would see evolution as part of their worldview. Atheists have no reason to believe that a great flood covered the entire world, or even just the entire Middle East, a few thousand years ago. Nor would they see a rainbow as a message from God. Atheists who have studied elementary science would see the rainbow as no more than a sprectum of light, created in the clouds in just the same way as a rainbow can be created by a prism. Atheists do not believe that the world is destined to end soon. They believe that, barring a nuclear war, the world will continue for millions of years to come.
I believe, at least for Alexi, that they are atheists. Alexi has stated that he does not worship Satan but also does not believe in Christianities concept of God and salvation. Check out www.scythes-of-bodom.com for more information. Hope this helped!
Originally by boat like most other North American Settlers, for at least the least the last half century they have tended to travel by aeroplane.
The fact that we now have a fricking amazing insight into the ancient Romans, especially everyday Romans as these are the people we have the least information on because people tended to write about important people. Not much positive for them though..