Psychology of religionAfter discussing evidence of irreligion and the rise of the so called "New Atheism", the authors refute the claim that this poses a problem for the cognitive science of religion and its hy
The “anti-religion” crowd, however, sometimes gets upset when it sees humanism or atheism being called a religion in an official way, as sometimes happens in legal proceedings. This is not hard to understand, since these people are embracing an identity—humanist or atheist—only to s...
Modern atheists justify their doubt, or even denial, of God by arguing for example that religion is largely responsible for global wars and injustice. Leading intellects also ask why does this God allow or even create evil? In his interesting 2010 bookRage against God: How Atheism Led Me t...
Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychological perspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs are psychological rather than supernatural in origin. Answers the psychological question of why, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, do religions continue to prospe...
Atheism takes faith / is a religion. Calling atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color, or not collecting stamps a hobby. Atheism is simply a lack of belief in a god or gods, nothing more. If we deconstruct the term ‘atheism’ we find ‘a – theism’ which means ‘withou...
Phillips’ Problem with Evil and with God,” and the works of Emma Goldman “The Philosophy of Atheism” in order to prove that there is no existence of God. Bertrand Russell’s “Why I am not a Christian” touches on many questions of if God exists or not. First, Russell explains ...
Origins of the Bible:PBS Buried Secrets,CH4 Who wrote the Bible?(a must watch). “Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”– Isaac Asimov Biblical Jesus was real. There isno contemporary evidencefor Jesus’ existence or the Bible’s account of his li...
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Atheism really is not that prevalent. While in 2012 Pew Forum did report that 16% of the population is unaffiliated with any religion,they also saidthat the majority of that 16% would be people who simply do not associate with organized religion. Those people can range from theists to a...
Joseph Runzo (Professor of Philosophy and of Religion) (Professor of Philosophy and of Religion) Cite this chapter Runzo, J. (1993). Realism, Non-Realism and Atheism: Why Believe in an Objectively Real God?. In: Runzo, J. (eds) Is God Real?. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Palgr...