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noun

the doctrine or belief that there is no God.

disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.

Origin:
1580–90; < Greek áthe(os) godless + -ism

Related forms

an·ti·a·the·ism, adjective, noun

pro·a·the·ism, noun

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The disagreement was not, then, between atheism and humanism.

Whether atheism is true or not, the main inescapable philosophical point in atheism, is that life has no meaning.

Atheism is an effect of that knowledge, not a lack of knowledge.

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The disagreement was not, then, between atheism and humanism.

Whether atheism is true or not, the main inescapable philosophical point in atheism, is that life has no meaning.

Atheism is an effect of that knowledge, not a lack of knowledge.

Religious people are generaly unethical in their approach to atheism.

Simply uttering the words can prompt a reaction akin to preaching atheism at tent revival.

There is nothing inherent to atheism that encourages more or less tolerance than any other religion does.

The same can be said for strident atheism and totalitarianism.

Atheism is consistently expressed in the same arguments and tactics of other recognized prejudices.

Confronting an insurance salesman every day poses a challenge from the perspective of religion or atheism.

Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.

Atheism is as much pseudoscience as the psychic realm.

Atheism is a religious vacuum and quite impossible to achieve.

The best explanation of the unavoidable decadences of the totalitary regimes and the reasons for their atheism.

My hunch is that atheism is a misnomer for cerebralism.

Atheism is ludicrous as it depends upon proving a negative.

By the way, you also seem to be confused about atheism.

The equation of science with rigid atheism is one such example.

Bible bashers tie evolution in with atheism before any atheist even speaks up.

First breaking off into different sects, weakening, then finally to atheism.

It would also be a valid ad hominem if the atheism forms the foundation for an ideology or argument.

Crick, by the way, was an agnostic leaning toward atheism.

There is no automatic coupling between true and good science and atheism.

But a series of posters on city buses promoting atheism is intended.

I've written before about the interesting symbiosis that exists between militant atheism and.

Creamer described a survey he had read that said atheism was the single biggest turnoff for voters.

Atheism will not become a dominant world religion despite the efforts of some scientists.

The latter, he says, results in the despair of atheism.

Atheism does not put forth anything that needs proving, religion does plenty of that.

Continuing to promote atheism falls squarely under what he has defined to be immoral behavior.

Moving to atheism is actually an examining of the evidence and would actually be a position that supports these studies.

Suddenly atheism is the fastest-growing religious self-identification in the country.

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World English Dictionary

atheism (ˈeɪθɪˌɪzəm)

—n
	rejection of belief in God or gods

[C16: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos godless, from a-¹ + theos god]

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Word Origin & History

atheism

1580s, from Fr. athéisme (16c.), from Gk. atheos "without god" (see atheist).

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Cultural Dictionary

atheism [(ay-thee-iz-uhm)]

Denial that there is a God. (Compare agnosticism.)

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