Conservapedia atheism articles

Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (1723 - 1789) was an early advocate of atheism in Europe.

Below is a list of atheism articles which focus on major issues related to topic of atheism:

## Contents

* 1 Main atheism article
* 2 Definition of atheism
* 3 Types of atheism
* 4 Atheist worldview
* 5 Atheism as a religion
* 5.1 Atheist doubts about the validity of atheism
* 6 Refutations of atheism
* 7 Atheism and morality
* 8 Effects of atheism on individuals
* 9 Effects of atheism on society
* 10 Views on atheists
* 11 Atheist population/demographics/statistics
* 11.1 Atheism and gender/race
* 11.2 Decline of global atheist population
* 12 Causes of atheism
* 13 Atheism and leadership
* 14 Atheism and education/intelligence
* 15 Internet atheism
* 16 Atheism quotes
* 17 Online videos concerning atheism and related topics
* 18 Atheism and debates
* 19 Essays on atheism and evolution
* 20 Miscellaneous articles on atheism
* 21 Recommended reading
* 22 Notes

## Main atheism article[edit]

* Atheism

## Definition of atheism[edit]

* Definition of atheism

* Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism

* Definitions of Atheist and Agnostic

* Agnosticism

Joseph Stalin, the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953, patronised the League of Militant Atheists, whose chief aim, under the leadership of Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, was to propagate militant atheism and eradicate religion.[1][2]

## Types of atheism[edit]

* Militant atheism
* Atheist factions
* Schools of atheist thought
* Weak atheism
* Strong atheism
* New Atheism
* Atheism plus
* Atheism 3.0
* Brights Movement
* Apatheism
* Objectivism
* Buddhism (non-theistic Buddhism)
* Materialism
* Naturalism (philosophy)
* Secular humanism
* Atomism

## Atheist worldview[edit]

* Atheist worldview

## Atheism as a religion[edit]

* Atheism is a religion
* Atheist cults
* Atheism and belief
* Atheism and beliefs

### Atheist doubts about the validity of atheism[edit]

* Atheism and its retention rate in individuals
* Denials that atheists exist
* There Are No Atheists In Foxholes

## Refutations of atheism[edit]

* Rebuttals to atheist arguments
* Evidence for Christianity
* Websites and articles offering refutations of atheism
* Evolution
* Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian
* Former atheists and agnostics

## Atheism and morality[edit]

* Atheism and morality

* Atheist population and immorality

## Effects of atheism on individuals[edit]

Numerous studies report that athletes to be more religious than non-athletes.[3]

* Atheism and immorality
* Atheism and depression
* Atheism and suicide
* Irreligion and superstition
* Atheism and irrationality
* Atheism and sexuality
* Atheism and health
* Atheism and alcoholism
* Atheism and drug addiction
* Atheism and loneliness
* Atheist hypocrisy
* Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism
* Atheism and hedonism
* Atheism and obesity
* Atheism and cowardice
* Atheism and self-esteem
* Atheism and social outcasts

## Effects of atheism on society[edit]

Per capita atheists and agnostics in America give significantly less to charity than theists even when church giving is not counted for theists. See also: Atheism and uncharitableness

Atheism and politics:

* Atheism and politics

Atheism and economics:

* Atheism and economics

Violence, oppression and religious/intellectual freedom:

* Atheism and violence
* Atheism and homicide
* Atheism and mass murder
* Militant atheism
* Atheist indoctrination
* Atheism and social skills
* List of atheist shooters and serial killers

Ethical concerns:

* Atheism and deception
* Atheism and uncharitableness

Family/children matters:

Denmark is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[4] In 2009, Suzanne Ost reported in her book published by Cambridge University Press, that the child pornography material produced in Denmark (and Holland) still constituted the largest part of child pornography that was currently available, having been transferred into digital format and uploaded onto the internet.[5]

* Atheism and marriage
* Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships
* Atheism and pornography
* Atheism and child pornography
* Atheism and poor relationships with parents

Crime:

* Irreligious prison population

Culture

* Atheism and culture

Effects on various members of society:

* Atheism and abortion
* Irreligion and domestic violence
* Atheism and racism
* Atheism and sexism
* Atheism and rape
* Atheism and politics
* Atheism and sadism

Atheism and science

* Atheism and science

Mistreatment of animals:

* Atheism and the treatment of animals

Other matters:

* Atheism and homosexuality
* Atheist bullying
* Atheism and profanity

## Views on atheists[edit]

* Views of atheists
* Distrust of atheists
* Atheism and the media
* Atheism and public relations
* Atheism and social outcasts

## Atheist population/demographics/statistics[edit]

In 2012, a Georgetown University study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household in the United States remain atheists as adults.[6]

* Demographics of atheism
* Atheist Population
* American atheism
* Atheism statistics

### Atheism and gender/race[edit]

* Atheism and women
* Western atheism and race
* Evolutionary racism

### Decline of global atheist population[edit]

* Global atheism
* Growth of global desecularization
* Atheism: A house divided and in global decline \- essay

## Causes of atheism[edit]

* Causes of atheism
* Atheism and deception
* Atheism and satanic deception

## Atheism and leadership[edit]

PZ Myers (photo obtained from Flickr, see license agreement)

* Atheism and leadership
* PZ Myers
* Richard Dawkins
* Sam Harris
* Atheist leaders and immoral relationships

Essays:

* Evolutionists, atheists and agnostics: Where is your master plan to reverse your global decline?

* Atheism is rudderless and unseaworthy

## Atheism and education/intelligence[edit]

* Atheism and education
* Atheism and intelligence
* Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries

## Internet atheism[edit]

* Internet atheism

## Atheism quotes[edit]

See articles: Atheism Quotes

## Online videos concerning atheism and related topics[edit]

* Atheism videos
* Creation vs. Evolution Videos

## Atheism and debates[edit]

* Atheism and debate

## Essays on atheism and evolution[edit]

* Atheism and evolution essays
* 10 problems for atheists

## Miscellaneous articles on atheism[edit]

* Miscellaneous articles on atheism

## Recommended reading[edit]

General Works Relating to Atheism and/or Defense of Theism:

* Top 15 Evidences for God and Creation by Jason Browning
* Norman Geisler, (2004), I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Crossway, ISBN 9781581345612
* Vox Day, (2008),The Irrational Atheist, BenBella Books, Inc. ISBN 1933771364
* Alister McGrath, (2004), The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World ISBN 0-385-50061-0
* Ravi Zacharias, (1994, 2004), A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism ISBN 0801065119
* Ravi Zacharias, (1994, 1996), Can Man Live Without God? ISBN 0849939437
* Josh McDowell and Don Stewart, (1982) Understanding Secular Religions, Here's Life Publishers, San Bernardino, California, ISBN 0-86605-093-0

Book on the New Atheism:

* R. Albert Mohler Jr., (2008), Atheism Remix: A Christian Confronts the New Atheists, Crossway, ISBN 9781433504976

Atheism and history:

* Dimitry Pospielovsky, (December, 1987), A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and Soviet Antireligious Policies, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312381328
* Dimitry Pospielovsky, (November, 1987), Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 2), Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312009054
* Dimitry Pospielovsky, (August, 1988), Soviet Studies on the Church and the Believer's Response to Atheism: A History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 3, Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover: ISBN 0312012918, paperback edition: ISBN 0312012926

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## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ Michael Hesemann, Whitley Strieber (2000). The Fatima Secret. Random House Digital, Inc.. Retrieved on 9 October 2011. “Lenin's death in 1924 was followed by the rise of Joseph Stalin, "the man of steel," who founded the "Union of Militant Atheists," whose chief aim was to spread atheism and eradicate religion. In the following years it devastated hundreds of churches, destroyed old icons and relics, and persecuted the clergy with unimaginable brutality.”
2. ↑ Paul D. Steeves (1989). Keeping the faiths: religion and ideology in the Soviet Union. Holmes & Meier. Retrieved on 4 July 2013. “The League of Militant Atheists was formed in 1926 and by 1930 had recruited three million members. Five years later there were 50,000 local groups affiliated to the League and the nominal membership had risen to five million. Children from 8-14 years of age were enrolled in Groups of Godless Youth, and the League of Communist Youth (Komsomol) took a vigorous anti- religious line. Several antireligious museums were opened in former churches and a number of Chairs of Atheism were established in Soviet universities. Prizes were offered for the best 'Godless hymns' and for alternative versions of the Bible from which ... the leader of the League of Militant Atheists, Yemelian Yaroslavsky, said: "When a priest is deprived of his congregation, that does not mean that he stops being a priest. He changes into an itinerant priest. He travels around with his primitive tools in the villages, performs religious rites, reads prayers, baptizes children. Such wandering priests are at times more dangerous than those who carry on their work at a designated place of residence." The intensified persecution, which was a part of the general terror inflicted upon Soviet society by Stalin's policy, ...”
3. ↑ Strength of Religious Faith of Athletes and Nonathletes at Two NCAA Division III Institutions
4. ↑ "Top 50 countries with highest proportion of atheists/agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)". Chris and Terri Chapman. Retrieved on September 10, 2014.
5. ↑ Ost, Suzanne (2009). Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), p. 29.
6. ↑ http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups