Atheism

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An atheist is a person with a lack of belief in god. A means no and Theist means god. There is two kinds of atheists, weak, and strong. A weak atheist thinks that there is a chance there is god, but it is not very likely. Strong atheists think that there is no way god exists. Usualy atheist believe science and look to it for answers. In communist nations there are many atheists, but in many other nations atheist are the minority.

Reasons

1. Lack of evidence
2. God is unnecessary
3. Not convincing
4. The problem of evil
5. Science explains
6. God is meaningless
7. God is in the mind
8. God is a social function
9. God is not apparent

Famous atheists

Albert Einstein

Aldous Huxley

Andrew Carnegie

Isaac Asimov

Ernest Hemingway

Arthur C. Clarke

Charles Darwin

External Links

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/
• http://www.carm.org/atheism.htm
• http://www.atheists.org/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism