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It is a curious thing considering how often it is brought up in conversation and Internet debate by lay atheists, but in "The God Delusion," Richard Dawkins conspicuously neglects to detail what he describes as the "horrors" of the Spanish Inquisition. (wnd.com)
People like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have tried to change people's minds about atheism but they do it with so little charity or compassion, it's no wonder they put people off. (good.is)
However Darwin himself, unlike the modern-day pit-bull Richard Dawkins, was certainly not an avowed atheist. (christiantoday.com)
richard dawkins, sam harris, christopher hitchens, daniel dennett are the most famous evangelical atheists. (hubpages.com)
At the same time, AiG understands that atheists like Richard Dawkins look at the same evidence and interpret it differently in light of their humanistic worldview. (christiantoday.com)

A study of 788 people in the UK, France and Spain concluded that atheists and agnostics think of themselves as more open-minded than those with faith, but are are actually less tolerant to differing opinions and ideas. (conservapedia.com)
Data collected from three countries (UK, France, and Spain, total N = 788) and comparisons between Christians, atheists, and agnostics confirmed the expectations, with agnostics being overall similar to atheists. (conservapedia.com)
For over 80 years, the AHA has proudly served as the leading progressive voice in America on behalf of humanists, atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers. (americanhumanist.org)
Atheists, agnostics, Jews, and Mormons are more knowledgeable about religion than those following the Roman Catholic or Protestant faiths, according to a new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released Tuesday. (advocate.com)
Atheists and agnostics scored the highest, with an average of 21 correct answers. (advocate.com)
Even among atheists and agnostics, belief in things usually associated with religious faith can worm its way through fissures in the materialist dam. (michaelshermer.com)
Even more incongruent, 6 percent of these atheists and agnostics also said that they believed in the bodily resurrection of the dead. (michaelshermer.com)

On Sunday, December 19, 1999, at 11:00 AM Atheists and other Freethinkers from New Jersey and surrounding areas celebrated last year's Winter Solstice at Jersey Jim's in Hillsborough, NJ. (angelfire.com)
About fifty(50) Freethinkers crowded into the banquet room of Jersey Jim's to meet other Freethinkers, to eat a great brunch, and to learn a little about Christmas, the Solstices, and information about local Atheist group activism. (angelfire.com)
Yet, village atheists-as these godless freethinkers came to be known by the close of the nineteenth century-were also hailed for their gutsy dissent from stultifying pieties and for posing a necessary secularist challenge to majoritarian entanglements of church and state. (princeton.edu)
This week the Secular Coalition for America, a national lobbying group for "atheists, humanists and freethinkers," released its wish list . (motherjones.com)

Sarah Worrel is the current leader of the MS Gulf Coast Humanists and co-organizer for the MS Gulf Coast Atheist and Freethinker Association. (atheists.org)

Schmidt examines the multilayered world of social exclusion, legal jeopardy, yet also civic acceptance in which American atheists and secularists lived. (princeton.edu)
But when it comes to persuading Obama to take these protect-the-secularists steps, there's no telling if these atheists have a prayer. (motherjones.com)
But Mr. Barr addressed the state of religion in our lives, and the forces that are arrayed against religion, for instance - the forces of the militant atheists, the nihilists and the secularists who really do not give a damn. (gopusa.com)
New billboards have gone up in New York's Times Square to engage atheists and other secularists. (christiantoday.com)

In addition, in the atheistic and Communist Soviet Union, 44 anti-religious museums were opened and the largest was the 'The Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism' in Leningrad 's Kazan cathedral. (conservapedia.com)
The atheism in Communist regimes has been and continues to be militant atheism and various acts of repression including the razing of thousands of religious buildings and the killing, imprisoning, and oppression of religious leaders and believers. (conservapedia.com)
The results were disastrous to the future of the League of Militant Atheists , which was disbanded in 1941, and religious survey questions never reappeared in subsequent Soviet censuses. (conservapedia.com)
The rise of the New Atheists in the early 2000's led to a steep decline in religious affiliation in America. (crisismagazine.com)
Conservatives aren't winning any more friends than they already have among religious minorities by suggesting that what really led to the incident in Tucson in which a Jewish member of Congress was nearly killed was the lack of a "a saving faith in Jesus Christ," but I'm not all that sold on the moral superiority of atheists, either. (prospect.org)
Just as religious believers range from the ecumenical to the narrow-minded, atheists range from those for whom it is a matter of personal philosophy to those who are militantly hostile to religion. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Some traditional religious belief systems are said to be "atheist" or "non-theist," but this can be misleading. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
However, despite Ayer's criticism of atheism as a concept (perhaps using the definition typically associated with strong atheism), ignosticism is still considered as a form of atheism in most classifications of religious thought. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Religious people are more tolerant of different viewpoints than atheists, according to researchers at a Catholic university. (conservapedia.com)
New research indicates that religious believers can be better at perceiving and integrating different perspectives than atheists in Western Europe. (conservapedia.com)
That atheists don't care about anyone but themselves because there seems to be a pervasive belief among the religious that you need dogma or a belief in God to be compassionate. (hubpages.com)
also atheists don't say going to hell, but do say religious are ignorant & immoral. (hubpages.com)
Among this cohort, only 37 percent described their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular. (michaelshermer.com)
Purchase a ten-year Rapture insurance plan for just $110, and rest easy, knowing that an atheist-not just any old non-believer like a Jew or Satanist but an honest-to-God, non-spiritual, non-religious atheist-will tenderly care for your pet in the event of your heavenly ascension. (killingthebuddha.com)
About 6 to 10% are atheists and do not depend on religious or spiritual practices or traditions to provide meaning. (msdmanuals.com)

The problem, he said, is "practical atheism. (breakpoint.org)
It's a crash course in understanding and countering practical atheism. (breakpoint.org)
What Is Practical Atheism? (monergism.com)

A 2014 survey conducted by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture on 15,738 Americans, for example, found that of the 13.2 percent who called themselves atheist or agnostic, 32 percent answered in the affirmative to the question "Do you think there is life, or some sort of conscious existence, after death? (michaelshermer.com)
Are you an Atheist or Agnostic? (michaelshermer.com)

So, will the 10 ideas form a new moral foundation for atheists or build a Tower of Babel? (cnn.com)
A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God. (princeton.edu)
You can be an atheist who is happy, balanced, moral and intellectually fulfilled. (scientificamerican.com)
The basic notion is that you can't have any moral rules if you're an atheist. (good.is)

[5] Vitalij Lazarʹevič Ginzburg, a Soviet physicist, wrote that the " Bolshevik communists were not merely atheists but, according to Lenin 's terminology, militant atheists . (conservapedia.com)

So, if clear-eyed Christians can take the risk of exposing the Bible's nasty bits, the converse should also be true-atheists should be able to acknowledge the parts that are timeless and wise. (salon.com)
It has a more a modest agenda: countering what it claims is discrimination against atheists and non-Christians in the military. (motherjones.com)
Sarah Terzo said the clinic's staff was initially welcoming, but rejected her help after learning of her atheism, saying they didn't have "non-Christians working here. (theweek.com)
The persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union was the result of the violently atheist Soviet regime. (conservapedia.com)

Is atheism an anchronistic non-belief system? (hubpages.com)
Of all the 'isms' that has bedeviled man's existence, it could be said that atheism takes the cake for being inexplicably incongrous with modernity, for in its essence, non-belief (in somehting or anything) belies the modern notion that belief is essential for man's continuing evolution into the most creative force on earth (or perhaps the universe). (hubpages.com)
In the sense that atheists do not subscribe to the effort invovled in creativity because they equate it with futility, then I would say that Atheism is an anachronistic belief system. (hubpages.com)
Many people living in the West have the impression that atheism is on the rise around the world, and that the belief in God is being replaced with a more secular-oriented worldview. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Atheism is a belief that is held for a variety of reasons. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Indeed, many atheists claim that their view is merely the absence of a certain belief, suggesting that the burden of proving God's existence is upon theists. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
At age 11, I started thinking seriously about the concept of God and soon became an Orthodox Jewish atheist, although I could not have used the word "atheist" to describe myself because I didn't know what "atheist" meant (a person without a belief in any gods). (americanhumanist.org)
Smith writes: "Countries with high atheism (and low strong belief) tend to be ex-Socialist states and countries in northwest Europe. (michaelshermer.com)
Countries with low atheism and high strong belief tend to be Catholic societies, especially in the developing world, plus the United States, Israel, and Orthodox Cyprus. (michaelshermer.com)
Atheists don't have an absence of belief. (newoxfordreview.org)

We were surprised at the fantastic turnout, and I'm currently working out the social events calendar for 2000 for Union County Atheists. (angelfire.com)

For more than 55 years, American Atheists has fought to protect the absolute separation of religion from government and to elevate atheists and atheism in our nation's public and political discourse. (atheists.org)

American Atheists celebrates activism by awarding scholarships to students who engage in atheist activism in their communities and schools. (scholarships.com)
American Atheists is also proud to award two $500 Chinn Scholarships for LGBTQ Atheist Activism that recognize atheist activism in the area of LGBTQ equality. (scholarships.com)

For anyone interested in the birth, growth, and development of grassroots secularism in the United States-and the leading lights of American atheism long before Sam Harris or Madalyn Murray O'Hair-this book is an absolute must. (princeton.edu)

Rational atheism values the truths of science and the power of reason, but the principle of freedom stands above both science and religion. (scientificamerican.com)

Each of our representatives has stated to us in writing that they are atheists, do not believe in God/Jesus, and that they have blasphemed in accordance with Mark 3:29, negating any chance of salvation. (killingthebuddha.com)

Michael Novak's admiration for atheists is based on the faulty premise that believers and nonbelievers are equally in "darkness" with respect to God. (newoxfordreview.org)
Some students identify as believers, some are representatives of churches, some are declared atheists, some are mostly interested in history, some are at the beginning of their career, some have recently retired, some live in Scandinavia (most do not), some are interested in art, some in the languages. (lu.se)

Village Atheists reveals how the secularist vision for the United States proved to be anything but triumphant and age-defining for a country where faith and citizenship were-and still are-routinely interwoven. (princeton.edu)

You're complaining about 4 prominent atheists and some podcasts seriously? (hubpages.com)

Or, as author Craig Gay put it in his book, "The Way of the Modern World," the problem isn't atheism. (breakpoint.org)
In the world of an atheists, since life has no higher purpose, why create something purposeful and useful. (hubpages.com)
Atheism is quite often mistakenly seen as a cold and distant world, rather than the beautiful, important and engaging philosophy that it is. (good.is)
There's the misconception that atheism robs the world of wonder. (good.is)
Where in the world are the atheists? (michaelshermer.com)
The atheist alternative is a world in which right and wrong are ultimately matters of opinion, and in which we are finally accountable to no one but ourselves. (jeffjacoby.com)
Atheists live in a world of ultimate meaninglessness and purposelessness. (christiantoday.com)
Since the time of Martin Luther, Christianity has endured a deepening crisis, and the Western world is experiencing a chronic surge toward atheism. (newoxfordreview.org)

The only time I heard anyone saying that Atheists were angry people, was when the loudest PK was getting angry himself. (angelfire.com)
Why and Why Are You Atheists So Angry? (salon.com)

Surveys show that 21 percent of military personnel identify as atheists or as having "no religion. (motherjones.com)
Is Atheism a Religion? (monergism.com)
Soviet atheism refers to the Soviet Union 's policy of eliminating religion in the Communist state. (conservapedia.com)
Advancing on the already atheist doctrine of Karl Marx , the power hungry atheist Soviet Union leaders brutally suppressed practiced religion in Communist society and engaged in forced atheist indoctrination in the USSR which the people often rejected. (conservapedia.com)
But an appeals court overturned her decision in 2014, ruling that the atheist plaintiffs from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) was not sufficiently harmed by the tax break to challenge it in court. (christianitytoday.com)
A review of atheist Christopher Hitchens's god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Anne Barbeau Gardiner. (newoxfordreview.org)

An atheist can just say, for example, that human happiness is good by definition and one should do what he or she can to maximize it (and to minimize suffering). (good.is)

Atheism often buttresses its case on science , yet many modern scientists, far from being atheists, have argued that science is not incompatible with theism. (newworldencyclopedia.org)

With Boyle on Atheism, J.J. MacIntosh has culled the Boyle manuscripts held at the Royal Society Library in London and transcribed the portions that relate to atheism, arranging them in the order Boyle appears to have intended. (worldcat.org)
Is possible to relate the incidence of atheism with the decline of the paternal role that contemporary society lives? (bvsalud.org)

If they lack faith in the divine, the atheist "non-commandments" display a robust faith in humankind, as if Silicon Valley had replaced Sinai. (cnn.com)

Also, according to the University of Cambridge , historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution , which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. (conservapedia.com)

800 of them held to their Christian faith and were beheaded en masse at a place now known as the Hill of the Martyrs. (wnd.com)
John W. Loftus, author of Why I Became an Atheist and The Outsider Test for Faith. (salon.com)

What are 10 misperceptions that people have about atheists? (hubpages.com)
I agree that less atheists do this, but the 4 people and others i mentioned do far more than just share ideas. (hubpages.com)
Why Are People Atheists? (newoxfordreview.org)

Some atheists strongly deny the existence of God (or any form of deity) and attack theistic claims. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Many atheists have argued for centuries against the most popular "proofs" of God's existence, noting problems in the theist lines of reasoning. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
In Language, Truth and Logic , Ayer stated that theism, atheism and agnosticism were equally meaningless terms, insofar as they treat the question of the existence of God as a real question. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
In my most extreme fluctuations I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God. (christiantoday.com)

In fact, a red-blooded atheist is hard to find. (breakpoint.org)
For the utterly confused atheist in your life, here's another testament to the fact that atheism can't stand to be in the same room with itself for too long. (crisismagazine.com)

Enter the "10 'Non-Commandments' Contest," in which atheists were asked to offer modern alternatives to the famous Decalogue. (cnn.com)
His site, Illuminated Atheist , is a media outlet and community for the modern, friendly atheist. (good.is)

Some atheists base their stance on philosophical grounds, arguing that their position is based on logical rejection of theistic claims. (newworldencyclopedia.org)

Village Atheists explores the complex cultural terrain that unbelievers have long had to navigate in their fight to secure equal rights and liberties in American public life. (princeton.edu)

The findings were disappointing because the "science" of atheism had predicted a different outcome. (conservapedia.com)

Im simply stating that there are atheists that evangelize. (hubpages.com)

There are far more atheists willing to live and let live than the other way around. (hubpages.com)

Jumping forward in time to another non-Western context, the atheist Arab philosopher Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (973 - 1057 CE) from Syria advocated veganism out of care for animals in their own right. (lu.se)

many of the factors that make it likelier someone will be an atheist also make it likelier that they won't go to prison. (prospect.org)
However his struggle certainly did not make him an atheist. (christiantoday.com)

American Atheists Contributing Writer/Editor Conrad Goeringer spoke at this brunch about the real origins of Christmas and the history of the celebration of the Solstices. (angelfire.com)
American Atheists awards two $1,000 O'Hair Scholarships and four $500 President's Scholarships to atheist students in the United States. (scholarships.com)
Village Atheists engagingly explores a persecuted American minority. (princeton.edu)
Schmidt's rich, deep exploration of atheist thinkers in 19th-century America contextualizes questions pressing on American Christianity today. (princeton.edu)
Additionally, I would caution some care in overemphasizing any specific row because of some small sample sizes, in particular the number of convinced American atheists in the Four-wave Aggregate of the Values Studies (n = 17). (scienceblogs.com)

Led by NYC Atheists President Kenneth Bronstein and New Jersey-based priest abuse activist Reverend Robert Hoatson, the suits allege that DiMarzio violated Internal Revenue Service laws by recording a political message sent to voters in a hotly contested City Council election, which could cost the Church privileges enjoyed by its nonprofit status. (religionnewsblog.com)

In this article the author raises questions on atheism, considering its possible amplification in contemporary society, in order to verify the correlation of such increase with the decline of the father function nowadays. (bvsalud.org)

If it helped boost atheists' public image and drum up publicity for his book, all the better, Bayer said. (cnn.com)
Il existe une perception erronée de l'insuffisance rénale chronique chez les patients en stade terminal de leur maladie rénale dû à la faible connaissance du grand public sur les maladies rénales. (who.int)

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