Pages Tagged with #atheism

Atheist Religions, in the following sections:

• 2.6. UFO Religions
• 2.5. Taoism / Daoism
• 2.3. Humanism
• 2.1. Buddhism is an Atheist Religion
• 1. An Introduction to Atheism and Secularism
• 3. Atheist Religions Tend to be Kinder and More Compassionate Than Theist Religions
• Top of page / intro

The Universe Could Not Have Been Created by God: The Failure of First Cause Arguments, in the following sections:

• 4. Logic Must Predate the First Cause
• 5. Saying God is 'Outside' Logic
• 1. The Argument that Everything Needs a Creator, Therefore God Exists as the First Cause
• 2. Occam's Razor: The Complexity of God and the Simplicity of the Natural Laws
• Top of page / intro

Anti-Religious Forces: Specific Factors Fuelling Secularisation, in the following sections:

• 4.2. Outstanding Critics of Religion in the Modern Era
• 2.8. The Internet
• 2.5. Education
• 2.4. Science
• 2.6. Intelligence

Pascal's Wager is Safer in Reverse: Picking a Religion is Dangerous Business, in the following sections:

• 1.2. Be Strong and Have Doubt
• 5. Attaining Heaven: Selfishness Versus Humility
• 3.3. The Islamic Qur'an - Worshipping the Wrong God (Especially Trinitarian Ones) is a Ticket to Hell
• 3.1. Ignorance and Avoidance of Religion are Best
• Top of page / intro

Agnosticism, in the following sections:

• 2. A Sensible and Honest Stance
• 4. Good Educational Level
• 5. Opposing Arguments
• Top of page / intro

The History of Atheism, in the following sections:

• 1. Where Did Atheism First Arise?
• 3. 16th-17th Century CE
• 2. 6th-2nd Century BCE
• 4. 17th-18th Century: From the Enlightenment and Onwards

Institutionalized Religions Have Their Numbers Inflated by National Polls, in the following sections:

• 5.1. Hidden Secularisation
• 1. Established Religions Become Default Religions
• 4. Cultural Ties Distort the Statistics of Religion
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Do We Need Religion to Have Good Morals?, in the following sections:

• 3. Human Rights and Secular Morals: Ethics Without Religion or Faith
• 0.1. The Social and Moral Index
• 1.2. Rewards and Punishment
• Top of page / intro

Christian Moral Theory and Morality in Action: Biblical Morals and Social Disaster, in the following sections:

• 7. Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings
• 8. General Immorality
• 3.7. The 10 Commandments

The Assumptions about God and Creation, of Both Theists and Atheists, in the following sections:

• 2.5. God is Rational
• 5. Conclusions
• Top of page / intro

Religion and Intelligence, in the following sections:

• 2. Mass Education Versus Religion
• 3.2. Religious Countries Have a Lower Average IQ
• Top of page / intro

The Argument that Everything Needs a Creator, Therefore God Exists as the First Cause, in the following sections:

• 3. Some Possible First Causes (Monotheism, Karma or Atheism)
• 1. The Appeal of First Cause Arguments for God
• Top of page / intro

Buddhism is an Atheist Religion, in the following sections:

• 1. Supporting evidence
• 2. Partial Counter-Evidence
• Top of page / intro

Fundamentalism and Literalism in World Religions, in the following sections:

• 2. Why Question Beliefs? The Descent Into Uncompromising Fundamentalism
• 6.4. Charting the Historical Records of Types of Religion - Who's Been the Most Tolerant?
• Fundamentalism and Literalism in World Religions

Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?, in the following sections:

• 5.2. S. Bruce Defends Secularisation Theory (1996)
• 3. Atheism
• Top of page / intro

God is Logically Impossible: The Argument for Atheism from Incoherence, in the following sections:

• 6. The Features and Properties of God Were All Non-Created, Which Contradict the Idea of a God as the Sole Creator
• 7. The Unwarranted Assumptions of Theism
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Time to Move On: Religion Has Cost Too Much, in the following sections:

• 1.3. The Violent Defence of Religion Derives From Secret Doubt
• 4.2. The Social and Moral Development Index
• 3.1. Religion is Bad for Intelligence

Humanism, in the following sections:

• 6. The Basis of Humanism's Morals and Charitable Work by Humanists
• 7. International Statistics Show the Success of Humanistic Approaches to Human Rights
• 2. What is Humanism?

Science and Religion, in the following sections:

• 4. Intelligence Acting Against Religion
• 3. Science Acting Against Religion

Pantheism, in the following sections:

• 2. A Form of Deism
• Top of page / intro

Jamaica, in the following sections:

• 11. Religion and Beliefs
• Top of page / intro

The Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), in the following sections:

• 6. Good Things
• Top of page / intro

The Book of Psalms, Number 14, in the following sections:

• 3.0. Psalms 14:2-3 - None Seek God, All are Godless
• 3.0. Psalms 14:1 - Atheists are Fools

Human Rights and Secular Morals: Ethics Without Religion or Faith, in the following sections:

• 2. Human Rights Perform Much Better Than Religious Rules
• 5. Humanism

Imagine There's No Heaven, in the following sections:

• 2. Man is a Part of Nature
• Top of page / intro

Freethought - Freedom of Belief and Freedom of Religion, in the following sections:

• 6. The Freedom of Thought Report
• 5. Apostasy: Thought Crime in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

What Causes Religion and Superstitions?, in the following sections:

• 2.5. Moralizing: Being Religious in Order to Be a Good Person
• 5.8. Intelligence and Suggestibility

Christian Extremism, Intolerance and Resurgent Fundamentalism, in the following sections:

• 8. Growing Fundamentalism Within Mainstream Christian Churches
• 3. The Christian Dark Ages of Medieval Europe

Mass Education Versus Religion, in the following sections:

• 4. Religious People are Least Educated on Religion
• 1. Religion and Intelligence

Christianity and Marriage, in the following sections:

• 3. Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings
• 5. Divorce Rates

How Religious is Each Country? Which Regions of the World are Least Religious?, in the following sections:

• 3. Disbelief in God
• 2. Institutionalized Religions Have Their Numbers Inflated by National Polls

The Bane of Monotheism: Against Single-God Religions

The Islamic Religion is Often Mixed With Cultural Practices

Scientology and Dianetics

Fundamentalist Judaism and Jewish Terrorism: 2. Israeli Jewish Terrorism

Christianity and Women: Biblical Misogyny and Male Dominance: 4.2. Christian Divorce Rates, Marital Problems and Wifebeating

Apostasy: Thought Crime in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Religion in the UK's Armed Forces

Blasphemy and Censorship: In Christianity and Islam: 2. Ancient Greece

Counter-Cultural and Alternative New Religious Movements: 4. Satanism and Left Hand Path Religions

Modern Paganism (Neopaganism)

The Mystical Number 7

Give to Charity Directly, Not to Church: 4. Motivations Behind Charitable Work

Proverbs Chapter 6: 3.0. Proverbs 6:20-35 - Warnings against those who commit adultery

Theological Problems with Heaven, Paradise and Nirvana: 3. Aiming for Heaven (Pascal's Wager)

The New Age

Amish

Animism

Asatru, Heathenism, and Odinism: The 'Northern Traditions' of Modern Paganism

The Bahá'í Faith

Confucianism

Deism

The Internet and Religion: 1. The Internet is Bad For Religion

Modern Druids (Neo-Druidism / Neo-Druidry)

Religion in the United Kingdom: Diversity, Trends and Decline: 6.4. Satanists

Ontological Argument for God (Descartes & Anselm)

Buddhism

Cultural Religion Versus Scholarly Religion: 4.1. Magic as a Grassroots Phenomenon

Single God Religions (Monotheism)

Criticisms of Buddhism: Its History, Doctrine and Common Practices

Christianity

Faith Schools in the UK: 2.1. Idealism

Islam: A Critical Look at Contemporary Issues

Islam and the West: Pluralism, Immigration and Danger: 7. Free Speech Versus Muslim Outrage: Theo van Gogh, Danish cartoons and Salman Rushdie (2006)

Why Question Beliefs? Dangers of Placing Ideas Beyond Doubt, and Advantages of Freethought: 1.3. Faith: Why Religious Beliefs Are so Vehemently Defended

Pride and Ego as a Cause of Religion: 1. Is Atheism Caused by Pride? By Brian Holtz

Judaism: 5. About Judaism

Anti-Semitism: 2000 Years of Christian Love: 10. Hitler's Germany

The True Meaning of Christmas: Paganism, Sun Worship and Commercialism: 4.2. Winterval: The UK Controversy Invented by Cheap Newspapers Such as The Daily Mail

God and Goodness: Can a Perfectly Benevolent God Exist?: 4. Right and Wrong

Satan and The Devil in World Religions: 4. Who Believes? The Slow Demise of Satan: Satan is Not Universal, Not Everywhere

The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs: 4. Cultural Beliefs and Expectations Inform Experiences

What is Science and the Scientific Method?: 1.5. Occam's Razor: Simplicity & Fewer Assumptions are Better

Altruism is an Illusion: 3.4. Aiming for Heaven

Religious Education in UK Schools: 3. Humanism, Agnosticism and Atheism

The Peacock vs. the Ostrich - Religious Behaviour and Sexuality: 5. Case Study: Christianity

Human Religions

Rastafarian

Religion in Europe: 2. Religion and Belief in God in Europe as a Whole

Pastafarianism (Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster)

Mass Media: Sensationalism, Panics and Exaggeration: 7. Winterval - An Invented Attempt to Replace Christmas

Non-Religious Secular Jews (Cultural Judaism)

Human Rights: 7. Are Secular or Religious Codes Better for Morality?

Different Types of Atheism and Atheist Beliefs

Theosophy

Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings

Christianity: The Bible Teachings on Those Who Believe Wrongly: 3. Pascal's Wager is Safer in Reverse: Picking a Religion is Dangerous Business

Dictionary List of Different Types of Religion

The Raelian Religion

The Yezidis / Yazidis: Persecution Amidst Claims of Devil Worship

The Anthropic Coincidences: Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life?: 4. Scientific Support for the Idea that the Laws of Physics Mean Life Must Appear

When Human Religions Meet Intelligent Alien Life: 3. There are Already Some Alien-Centered Religions, and Universalist Religions Cope Quite Well With ETI

The Jedi Knight Religion, Inspired by Star Wars (Jediism)

Hallucinations, Sensory Deprivation and Fasting: The Physiological Causes of Religious and Mystical Experiences: 3. Artificially Inducing Mystical Experiences of God

Human Rights and Freedom in Pakistan

Religion in China: 3. Taoism / Daoism

The Causes of Religion: National Under-Development and Poor Social Stability: 4. Poor Education Encourages Religion

Social Identity as a Propagator of Religion: 4. When Religion is Tied With Communal Identity, True Believers are Difficult to Count

Human Rights and Freedom in Jamaica

Fearing God: 3. Does Fear Get You to Heaven?

Human Rights and Freedom in Turkey: 5. Freedom of Belief and Religion

Why Are There So Many Religious People? Parents, Local Culture and Inertia: 3. Inertia

Human Rights and Freedom in Saudi Arabia

Islam and Antisemitism: High Rates of Muslim Racism Against Jews: 2. The Sources of Antisemitism

Human Rights and Freedom in Malaysia: 5. Freedom of Belief and Religion

Human Rights and Freedom in Jordan: 5. Freedom of Belief and Religion

Human Rights and Freedom in Indonesia: 5. Freedom of Belief and Religion

The Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th Centuries: 2.5. Explicit Atheism

What are the Vedic Faiths?

Satanism

Human Rights and Freedom in Tunisia: 5. Freedom of Belief and Religion

The Food Chain and God: 2. The Despair of Darwin

An introduction to Vodun, or Voodoo

Unitarian-Universalist

Taoism / Daoism: 1. The Dao - The Way - The Tao

Spiritualism

Sikhism

Christian and Biblical Family Values from the Old Testament to Jesus: 7. Divorce Rates

Shamanism

Winterval and Political Correctness Gone Mad: The Attempt to Replace Christmas in the UK

Mennonite

The United States of America

Jainism: 2. Jainism is an Atheist Religion

Hinduism

Hare Krishna

Eckankar: The Religion of the Light and Sound of God, The Ancient Science of Soul Travel

Shinto

Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)

Unitas Fratrum (the Moravian Church)

Unification Church (the Moonies)

Santería

Brahma Kumari

A List of All Religions and Belief Systems

Palestine (Occupied Palestinian Territory)

Wicca - The Rise of a Western Mystery Religion Based on Witchcraft

Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): 11. Religion and Beliefs

Zoroastrianism

Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia)

Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt)

Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti)

Afghanistan (Islamic State of Afghanistan)

Happiness and Religion: Does Belief Make You Happy Or Does Unhappiness Make You Believe?

Druze

Switzerland (Swiss Confederation)