Atheism introduced itself in America many years ago. Atheism, less common than Christianity, is the belief that there is no higher power and that science hold the explanations to where Earth as a planet and we as a society came from. Atheism has been present for hundreds of years. Those with religious beliefs may say that many Atheists have immediate dislike towards those with religious associations. Atheists are a group of people who live their lives believing in themselves; they would rather live their lives with faith in humanity and in themselves rather than in a higher power. Atheism is on the rise within America’s youth; the young generation is beginning to draw away from their families’ traditional religious beliefs and embracing new age beliefs that there is no higher power. As a society we have made it one of our values to let our people have faith in whatever they please, but many times religion causes judgment and segregation of the people. Atheism offers people a way to draw away from the judgment and segregation that often accompany formal religion. Atheism also offers people an opportunity to grow closer with themselves, to fully understand who they are.
Atheists believe that there is no supreme-being. The word Atheism comes from a, (without) and, theism (the belief in God or Gods). Atheism is the belief that science has explained many reasons as to where the universe came from, how society evolved, and why humans are able to live on planet Earth. There are two different types of Atheists. As seen in figure 1, there are Agnostic Atheists who believe that God does not exist, but still think there is a possibility that they could be wrong. Gnostic Atheists, on the other hand, believe that there is no possibilit...
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Theology is an intentionally reflective endeavor. Every day we reflect upon the real, vital, and true experience of the benevolent God that exists. We as humans tend to be social beings, and being so we communicate our beliefs with one another in order to validate ourselves. Furthermore atheism has many forms, three of the most popular atheistic beliefs include: scientific atheism, humanistic atheism and the most popular one being protest atheism. Scientific atheism is the idea that science is the answer for everything and god is not existent. The humanistic approach states that society is self-sufficient; therefore God is not needed for survival. Therefore how could he exist? The position that I will argue in this paper is the pessimistic idea of protest atheism.
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Let’s start off by explaining what atheism is, it’s when you don’t believe in any form of an “Intelligent Creator” or God, as usually referred to as. The word atheism comes from the root word “theism”, which is when you believe in a God, or numerous Gods depending on the religion, and the prefix “a”, which means “not”. There are no set practices of atheism, or a set list of beliefs. To be an atheist you must believe what you would like and simply live your life without constraints based on what you believe is good or bad, not what you are told is good or bad. There is a constant debate against atheism from the theist side, because both sides’ arguments are polar opposites and each believes their side of the argument is 100% valid. I will state my view on some arguments, and clarify some common atheist stereotypes.
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