Atheism

A growing trend in today’s society is the split from classical religious beliefs to what Dr. Christian Smith calls “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.” Dr. Smith, inquiring about this societal shift, wrote his article “On ‘Moralistic Therapeutic Deism’ a U.S. Teenagers’ Actual, Tacit, De Facto Religious Faith” by following hundreds of students to find basis of the religious beliefs amongst the youth of America. Many of these students claimed to be Catholic, but the evidence presented by Dr. Smith…

Secularity in France targets the public sphere, the treatment of religious symbolism in French law raises issues of how the maintenance of secularity should go about in a nation, forcibly removing ‘visible religion’ from the public sphere, implies a lack of pluralism in a nation, laïcité then could be considered relatively undemocratic. What exactly was meant by ‘ostentatious’ is a matter of much debate, to what extent must a symbol of religious affiliation be ‘ostentatious’. This year, a 15…

H. J. McCloskey wrote the article “ On Being an Atheist”. This very interesting article gave his personal opinion on why he did not believe in God. In his article he gives his opinions of the cosmological, and teleological arguments. The main argument he makes in his article is about the evil and hardship in the world which is suppose to be created by a caring and loving God. Though H.j Mcloskey wanted to have proof and contrary to his opinions of the cosmological and theological arguments…

Within the atheist and theist communities, one of the most recognizable and well known claims are that of Blaise Pascal and his “Wager”. Striking within both minds, the concept was decided by induction and probability, that the best approach when it comes the belief of God, it is to believe in them. However, it can come to be understood that such measures may not always be the most valid conclusion due to an infinite amount of variables. The contribution of Pascal is best understood of using…

Spinoza lays down a series of definitions and propositions that are comparable, contrasting, and also unique from Descartes’ philosophy in order to eventually prove God’s existence. Consequently, I find his argument compelling because I believe he is elevating human qualities or possibly attempting to liberate Descartes’ ideas of human doubt and imperfection. Spinoza builds his argument for the existence of God and thus qualities of human nature with general propositions; for example, in…

How should insiders deal with factual challenges from outsiders when discussing religion? A simple answer could be to ignore it. But would it really be that easy? Outsiders try really hard to prove one’s religion wrong. But why? Many outsiders come up with reasons to say that God does not exist or the things in a religion are not true. They try to pull people away from their beliefs. In my opinion, I feel as though if outsiders don’t believe in God or our religion they shouldn’t try proving…

Minority Rules Religion is one of the largest controversies in the world, and this is mainly because of how many different people with different backgrounds and cultures are in America. It creates positivity and brings people together, while making countries fight and cause terrorism. America founded its nation on religion, and has slowly pushed it away year by year. Religion is being pushed out of our classrooms, schools, and communities because of the small percentage of people in America that…

Christopher Hitchens basically rants against ‘God’ and ‘Religion’ in his essay. He suggested that religion is created by primitives lacking the means to create a better explanation for their existence in this planet. All I have to say is, I loved it. Christopher Hitchens is definitely an atheist. His essay contains explicit content not suited for the old. He wrote his essay with gusto and passion; he is truly a romantic. Ironically, his arguments are all based on logic and reasoning. It can be…

Worldview is a mental framework through which an individual view the nature about reality. Biblical worldview is looking through the world in a biblical stand point. In this essay I’m going to define what the concept of a worldview is and the elements of biblical worldview that Dr. James Henderson has brought to us in his presentation. The concept of a worldview is the conceptual of someone’s behavior and belief. It determines the shape of someone’s emotions, influences and directs a person’s…

As an atheist it influences many of my interactions with individuals in various systems that I am connected with. It affects my interactions with people in the systems that I am connected with because I never feel comfortable disclosing my beliefs within many group when religion is brought up. I cannot disclose to just anyone that I do not believe in God. I have to feel very comfortable in situation or with a person to be able to disclose that information about myself. I cannot disclose that I…