atheism

Atheism is a broad term, atheists having the only thing in common: their lack of belief in a personal, supernatural deity. The etymology of the word itself is "a" – without, "theism" – belief in a god. It is not a religion or life philosophy, and therefore asserts no specific ideas or beliefs. Consequently, it is best to defer to those who consider themselves atheists when defining the term. Some are more active in their denial than others, but all are without belief.

There is a burgeoning atheist rights movement. Members of which have been dubbed with the controversial term, the "new atheists." Books such as Richard Dawkins'; The God Delusion and Sam Harris' The End of Faith are best sellers. Many of the "new atheists" are thriving in the blogosphere. In this vast atheist blogosphere, the most popular blogs include biologist P.Z. Myers' Pharyngula, Hemant Mehta's Friendly Atheist, and Rebecca Watson's Skepchick.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “atheism”

• in Lifestyle
  Are Atheists The Most Faithful Believers?
  Atheists… are Believers. That’s right! You heard it – Atheists are some of the world’s most faithful and fundamentalist believers. Why? How? Let me explain
  by annabrixthomsen / on May 25, 2011
• in Politics
  The New Religious Wars
  Why can’t we all just get along?
  by docentman / on Jan 18, 2011
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  by missbobetier / on Dec 14, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “atheism”

 

• Worst Atrocity in Bangladesh History: 10,000 military attack Islamics

  
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  In our May 5 issue, New Trend happily noted the arrival of large numbers of Muslim protestors, PEACEFUL and UNARMED, who decided to sit down in Dhaka to protest attacks by police which left one person dead and hundreds injured. Late at night, the combined forces of the secular regime including its "civilian" gangs, ...
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• Stephen C. Meyer and Peter Atkins debate intelligent design

  
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  This dialog occurred in 2010 on the Unbelievable radio show. I made a rough transcript, so please see below for that. The MP3 file is here . (60 minutes) Details: The documentary film “Expelled” is presented by US Actor Ben Stein and makes the case that scientists who question Darwinian orthodoxy and support ...
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• Bill Maher Gets Owned by Glenn Greenwald

  
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  This nine minute exchange between Bill Maher and his guests: Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian, Joy Reid of the Miami Herald and Charles Cooke of the National Review Online is very telling. There’s a lot to say about how ideology and partisanship can prevent one from a fair analysis of events and ...
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• Cultural Attitudes Towards Atheism

  
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  Continuing from my last post A Short History of Atheism , I’m now adding to the blog another section of my Religious Studies dissertation which addresses different cultural attitudes towards atheism (and religious tolerance) and the effects they have on non-believers and minority groups. Due to the nature of the ...
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• Can God Ever Be Proven Scientifically?

  
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  As a science student i am constantly being bombarded in my studies by methods of planning experiments, testing hypotheses and figuring out results. This had me thinking, as an atheist i hold there is no god, but what exactly could prove me wrong? Firstly here are commonly put forward ‘proofs’ that are most ...
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• Utah Screen Printer Denies Service to Atheist Group

  
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  This week the owners of TIKI Printing in West Valley, Utah, refused service to Atheists of Utah based on their rejection of religious belief. Naturally, they didnt come out and say that, but they used the good old standby of pretending that their discrimination was warranted because they were "attacked." This is ...
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• Neureligion

  
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  There is very little (if any) variability in the brains of human beings regarding cortical localization. That is, the motor cortex responsible for, say, left arm movement, is reliably located on the right side of the brain, and in… Continue reading →
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• Article: Atheisms Universe is Meaningless and Valueless by J.W. Wartick

  
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  In this featured post , J.W. Wartick contends that what follows from atheism is a meaningless and valueless universe. His argument is as follows: 1) On materialistic atheism, all we are is matter in motion. 2) There is no objective reason to value matter moving in way  A  over matter moving in way  ...
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• Is Atheism Illogical?

  
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  I found this through the excellent blog, The AtheFist , where he was responding to a theist blog post claiming that Atheism is illogical.  Well, as so often happens in these situations, I went to read the original post and wanted to respond to it on my own.  I may say some similar things to grimachu, after all, ...
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• Daily Blend: 05/10/13

  
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  Fr. Anthony Musaala Obama administration worsens their crackdown on state-legal marijuana. Ugandan priest [pictured] : “The Catholic Church is still covering up clerical child abuse.” Catholic Church: “You made us look bad! You’re suspended .” (via Freethought Blogs ) Why do police ...
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• Yes Im one of those atheists

  
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  This is part of my "Fantastic Primer" series, which incorporates a few fictional elements .  Please read the introductory post , which explains the premise. Why Im not so worried In the previous post of this series , I explained why I had really low expectations of how my atheist readers would react to ...
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• Religion’s Place in Science?

  
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  In 1633 one of history’s greatest scientists, Galileo Galilei, was found guilty of heresy and (under threat of torture), sent to be under house arrest where he remained for the rest of his life. His crime? ‘Merely’ suggesting that the Earth was not, as was the church’s approved theory, the center of the ...
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• Another way of viewing the skepticism/atheism dispute

  
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  Recently, PZ Myers declared he was " officially divorced " from the skeptic movement.  Hes reacting to attempts by skeptical leaders to set stricter boundaries on the scope of skepticism (for example, see Daniel Loxton or Jamy Ian Swiss ).  PZ has a tendency to amplify drama, but I think there is some real ...
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• Pope Francis on Atheism

  
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  The following comes from Strange Notions: Before he was elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio spent fourteen years as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.  During that time he built a strong friendship with Abraham Skorka, an Argentinian rabbi and biophysicist. Together they promoted ...
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• Slavery and the Bible: Does God Expect Us to Keep Slaves?

  
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  From their book Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists , Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow respond to some of the most emotionally-driven critics of Christianity among the New Atheists and address their questions and arguments. This post is edited from their ...
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• Why organized Skeptics are nicer people

  
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  I know deep in my soul that there exists a magic pink unicorn with green ears, out there in the universe, you can’t exactly pinpoint it down because it’s kinda like everywhere at once and all-encompassing, but I just know … Continue reading →
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• Four Bad Atheist Arguments

  
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  I point out a lot of really awful arguments made by theists, although I do make an attempt to be even-handed.  Therefore, here are a couple of really bad arguments made by atheists.  Granted, these did come from a post written by a really nutty fundamentalist Christian, I don’t know if that matters or not, but I ...
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• Foundations for Atheist Morality: The Relativist View Part VI

  
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  In last week’s installment of “Foundations for Atheist Morality” , we discussed the difficulty which accompanies any attempt to positively determine the actual moral views of the majority within a given society.  But what if those views could be determined?  What then?  The difficulties for the moral ...
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• So, Who Are the Real Peacemakers?

  
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  Trey Smith In this predominantly Christian nation, we know that Christians, by and large, are followers of one Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus is the fellow who is famous for the Sermon on the Mount. Of the beatitudes he lists, one goes, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Since Jesus appeared to be an ardent ...
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• Atheists and shit

  
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  While The Witch Doctor is resting, we Black Cats of the witching world were rather tickled by this conversation that is going viral at the moment. We feel that The Witch Doctor will be tickled too when she hears about it because, although she keeps her own beliefs or lack of them to herself, the pro-euthanasia, ...
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