Atheism

example, a specific group of people named atheists. Atheists argue for the non-existence of God or an absence of God. Then there are those who go farther and say there is no God. Do not get confused with an agnostic who believes in atheism and theism (American Atheism). Another well-known religion is Buddhism. This religion began in India 2,500 years ago. Although this religion is virtually extinct in…

I am going to talk about two of them: Christianity and atheism. Christianity is the belief that Jesus came down from heaven, and He died on the cross for our sins. It known world-wide, for the most part. There are people in the world who are persecuted for their beliefs. Persecution is basically the act of being…

My research topic is titled ‘The Afterlife: The Perspective from Different Religions’. What is the concept of the afterlife? What is the afterlife? These are the questions that may come up in one’s mind every now and then; however, this worry may not concern some people because they believe that there is no life after death. My culture and values believe in ‘the great beyond’ and also as Johnson points out in Walters (2005) interview "Heaven doesn't exist, hell doesn't exist. We weren't alive…

If the history and origin of the Devil had a birthplace it would have mostly been in the Middle East. The Devil first appears in the Hebrew Bible otherwise known as the Old Testament as Satan. The Satan which meant the title of the accuser emerges in the Bible as a dark figure but he’s not how we imagined him. This Satan does only as God told him and for the most part had to do most of the dirty work from time to time. Originally, he had no power or concept of an evil force like he is made out…

The communism and capitalism clash polarized the world during the cold war. Since in the end a capitalist country won we were taught that the theory of communism is wrong and inferior to that of capitalism. The question that should be asked is whether a country’s economy would excel better while controlled through communism, in contrast to the free economy through capitalism. To decide which of these extreme socioeconomic theories meets the needs of its citizens one must look at the differences…

When one hears the term radicalism in the context of religion, the first image that appears for most is of radical Islam, specifically the terrorist organizations that have manifested themselves over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first century. However, these recent events have tarnished the term “radical” to mean a dangerous ideology. Bringing this term back to its literal meaning, Dorothy Day in her novel Loaves and Fishes discusses her radical philosophy known as the Catholic Worker…

meaning, and serves as a template for interpretation of human life and events (Woźniak 2015). Every human being was designed by God to seek Him, although God also allows humans to have free will in their lives. This allows individuals to make choices, Atheism can be one of those choices where a person denies God and His existence. Religion can also be classified as a pursuit or interest someone finds to be of importance. It does not necessarily mean to have a belief in a god or worship. Religion…

and atheism that accompany the political realization of the Marxist dream? Or will it continue the mindless demonization of Communism and ignore this loudest of questions God is posing to contemporary Christianity?” (Phan, 101). Phan’s question is calling us as Christians to use our theology to reflect upon the culture that is affecting such a great portion of the world population. I believe that it is important to take this question a step further, and reflect on not only the issue of atheism…

The agony, the suffering, the painful knowledge of knowing you are going to die with excruciating pain, with no say in what happens to them, as you just watch your time run out. Assisted suicide grants someone the choice of a life or death decision in a more ethical way. Assisted suicide and suicide are two different things. Suicide is where an individual takes his/her life in a manner that is referred to as being inhumane such as hanging or a gunshot. Assisted suicide is where a professional…

The book I chose for this book review was, Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict, by Ara Norenzayan. Norenzayan is a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia. Other works by Norenzayan have been featured in New York Times Magazine and on CNN. The main topics of this book is to show how human behavior relates to religion and how religion is what holds large civilizations together. Norenzayan’s main purpose for writing this book was to see how big religions…