Our Story/Atheism in Today's World
This nation is thought to have the largest concentration of atheists.
What is China?
The prefix a- signifies what?
What is the Enlightenment?
The Founding Fathers decided that these clauses were necessary to protect the liberty of its people.
What is the freedom of religion and establishment clauses of the Bill of Rights?
Many argue that atheism is indeed this:
What is a religion?
The largest sub-group of atheists.
What is agnosticism?
Says "I do not know whether God exists."
What is an a(n) (weak) agnostic?
This radical political revolution also laid the foundations for the dismantling of divinely inspired monarchies of other European nations.
What is the French Revolution?
This critical case ensured that state laws could not establish a religious viewpoint as the only teaching in public education.
What is known as the Scopes Monkey trial?
Suzanne Moore makes the argument that atheists still need this in their lives
What is ritual?
Atheists claim that before the British were Christianized, they were this spiritual but non-religious group.
What is paganism?
Declares that theism is false.
What is a (positive) atheist?
This Renaissance philosopher believed people did not need god to form society/government.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This US president cut and pasted his own version of the Bible together to eliminate any miracle and to highlight the "enlightened sage whose moral teachings were as self-evident as the truth that all 'men are created equal.'"
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Although there are organized atheistic groups many atheists decided to...
What is "go it alone"?
The story/theory that atheists suggest describes how the world came to be.
What is the Big Bang?
Affirms a worldview of the supreme importance of humanity and that human life in the here and now matters more
What is a humanist?
This rationalism famously said, "I think therefore I am," and although he defended the Christian faith, he believed each person is a blank slate, which requires empirical data to come to a conclusion about belief.
Who is Rene Descartes?
This group is seen as bringing anger to the atheistic table.
Who are the New Atheists?
At the end of their lives, many believe that non-believers should or do this...
What is donate their bodies to science?
What are critical inquiry, science, & reason?
What is Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Ancient Greeks/Romans, and Ancient China?
His analysis of religion offered a surprisingly positive appraisal of its social role. “Religious suffering is at one and the same time the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering,” he wrote. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions.”
Who is Karl Marx?
This group is ever-growing in the US today.
Who are the "nones" or SBNR?
What is "Creed"?