Atheism From Conservapedia

Atheism, as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and other philosophy reference works, is the denial of the existence of God.^[1][2][3] Unlike Christianity, which is supported by a large body of sound evidence (see: Christian apologetics), atheism has no proof and evidence supporting its ideology.

The atheistic worldview has a variety of effects on individuals and society at large which will be elaborated on shortly. Concerning individuals adopting an atheistic worldview, atheism has a number of causal factors that influence its origination in individuals which will be addressed. In addition, critiques of atheism will be offered and some of the historical events relating to atheism will also be covered (for example, since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the theory of evolution which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists).^[4]

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• 1 Types of Atheism
  • 1.1 Atheism and Which God or gods?
  • 1.2 Atheism and Why do Atheists State They Disbelieve?
  • 1.3 Manifestations of Atheism
• 2 Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism
• 3 Biblical Statements Regarding Atheism
• 4 Weakness of Atheism in Prominent Atheists and in Large Populations
  • 4.1 Instances of the Weakness of Individuals' Attachment to Atheism Through Secularistic Upbringing
• 5 Claims of the Conditionality and Nonconditionality of Atheism
• 6 Atheism and Communism
• 7 Criticism of Atheism
  • 7.1 Commonly Cited Arguments Against Atheism and For Theism
  • 7.2 Atheism and Mass Murder
  • 7.3 Atheists in America and Charity
  • 7.4 Atheism and Immoral Views
  • 7.5 Atheism and Miracles
  • 7.6 Atheism and Questions of Origins
• 8 Atheism and Mental and Physical Health
  • 8.1 Atheism and Suicide
  • 8.2 Sigmund Freud's View of Religion
• 9 Atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women
  • 9.1 Recent studies
  • 9.2 Atheist PZ Myers commentary concerning atheist meetings
  • 9.3 Prominent general atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women
  • 9.4 New Atheism websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women
  • 9.5 Summary
• 10 Atheism and marriageability
  • 10.1 The claim that atheists tend to be quarrelsome and socially challenged men
• 11 Atheism and Deception
  • 11.1 Modern Proponents of Atheism and Deception
• 12 Evolutionary Position Gradually Losing Public Support
• 13 Irreligion and Superstition
• 14 Intellectuals Increasingly Rejecting Atheistic Ideology
• 15 Anti-Atheism Websites
• 16 Liberal Media - Apostles of Atheism
• 17 Richard Dawkins, pseudoscience, and other errors
• 18 Reasonable Explanations for Atheism
• 19 Atheism and the Existence of Evil
• 20 Atheism and the Foundation of Modern Science
• 21 Bertrand Russell and Christianity
• 22 Atheism and Debate
  • 22.1 Doug Jesseph
  • 22.2 Gordon Stein
  • 22.3 Greg Bahnsen and Michael Martin
  • 22.4 Creation Scientists tend to win creation-evolution debates
  • 22.5 Various ruses of Richard Dawkins concerning his alleged refusal to debate creationists
  • 22.6 2009 origin of life debate
• 23 Richard Dawkins and Recent Debates
  • 23.1 Atheist Richard Dawkins Lost a Debate to a Rabbi and then Claimed Debate Never Took Place
  • 23.2 Refusal of Richard Dawkins to Debate Christian apologist Dinesh D'Souza
  • 23.3 Christian apologist Dr. William Lane Craig is Reported to Have Called Dawkins a Coward
• 24 Notable Atheists Who Became Ex-Atheists
• 25 Views on Atheists
• 26 Brights Movement
• 27 New Atheism
  • 27.1 Impact of the New Atheism
• 28 Atheism and the Bible
• 29 Internet Infidels and other Atheist Websites
  • 29.1 Targeting of Young People by Atheists on the Internet
  • 29.2 Christians thwarting of atheist cyberbullying
  • 29.3 Classic quotes from the Christian YouTube channel shockofgod
• 30 Atheism in Academia
• 31 American Atheists
  • 31.1 Madalyn Murray O'Hair debate with Dr. Walter Martin
  • 31.2 Frank Zindler Versus Dr. William Craig Debate
• 32 Denials That Atheists Exist
• 33 French Revolution and Atheism
• 34 Atheist population as a percentage of various countries' populations
• 35 Other Well Known Proponents of Atheism
• 36 Atheism Quotes
  • 36.1 Humorous quotes about atheism and evolution
• 37 Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian
  • 37.1 Watch an online Christian church service
  • 37.2 Tips on choosing a Christian church
• 38 See Also
• 39 Online Videos concerning atheism and related topics
• 40 External links
• 41 Recommended Reading
• 42 Notes