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-==Overview==
-[[category:isms]][[category:concepts]][[category:working definitions]][[Atheism]] is the belief that there is no such thing as a deity (or deities); it is the opposite of [[theism]]. Some definitions of atheism allow for the possibilities that an atheist simply has no opinion on the existence of deities, or believes the existence of deities to be something humans cannot know, but these latter usages are more often called [[agnosticism]].
-For the purposes of discussion within Issuepedia, our [[Issuepedia:working definition|working definition]] will be that atheism is the belief that the existence of any being generally matching [[God]]'s description is at best unlikely, and that there is no evidence that belief in such a being is in any way necessary. This definition encompasses both atheism and agnosticism.
-===Arguments and Opinions===
-Theists often ask atheists to defend their non-belief, which is silly; people are not normally required to explain their disbelief in [[wikipedia:Russell's teapot|things which cannot be proven either way]]. The only ''necessary'' response to "Why don't you believe in God?" is "[[arguments for the existence of God|Why should I?]]".
-There are, however, some good [[reasons God is not a good explanation|reasons not to depend on God as an explanation]] for natural phenomena, ''whether or not'' [[God]] actually exists.
-==Links==
-===Reference===
-* {{wikipedia|Atheism}}
-===Groups===
-* [http://www.daylightatheism.org/ Daylight Atheism]
-* [http://www.goosetheantithesis.blogspot.com/ Goosing the Antithesis] blog: "We promote rational individualism, and are opposed to those who assert incoherent supernatural claims."
-* '''Local''':
-** [http://atheists-of-utah.org/ Atheists of Utah]
-===Documentaries===
-* [[wikipedia:The Atheism Tapes|The Atheism Tapes]]: 2005 BBC TV series by Jonathan Miller
-* [[wikipedia:The Root of All Evil?|The Root of All Evil?]]: 2006 British TV series by [[Richard Dawkins]] (the title was not Dawkins's choice, and he insisted on adding the question mark)
-===Facts===
-* '''2006-12-24''' [http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/10-myths-and-10-truths-about-atheism1/ 10 myths - and 10 Truths - About Atheism] by [[Sam Harris]]
-===Opinion===
-* '''2007-03-12''' [http://www.hanlonsrazor.org/2007/03/12/why-im-not-a-friendly-atheist/ Why I’m not a "friendly" atheist]
-* '''2007-03-11''' [http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/03/11/why-im-not-an-angry-atheist/ Why I’m Not An Angry Atheist]
-* '''2006-11-16''' [http://www.jewcy.com/dialogue/monday_why_are_atheists_so_angry_sam_harris Why Are Atheists So Angry?]: this is actually the first part of a well-written multi-round dialogue between atheist [[Sam Harris]] and believer [[Dennis Prager]]. Unfortunately, Prager's responses seem to be mostly diversionary, including an [[ad hominem]] attack on {{wpbackup|Bertrand Russell}} which does nothing to answer Harris's posing of Russell's {{wpbackup|celestial teapot}} analogy. He does seem to get more real about the dialogue towards the end, however.
-* '''2006-08-15''' [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060815_sam_harris_language_ignorance/ The Language of Ignorance] by [[Sam Harris]]: answers the [[religious]] arguments in Human Genome Project head [[Francis Collins]]'s book ''The Language of God''
-* '''2006-02-08''' [http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200512_an_atheist_manifesto/ An Atheist Manifesto] by [[Sam Harris]]
-* [http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=sharris_26_3 The Myth of Secular Moral Chaos] by [[Sam Harris]]
-===Discussion===
-* '''2007-01-02'''+: [http://www.samharris.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3882 Rationalism, not atheism]: forum discussion on the value of the term "atheism" and various alternatives
-==Related Articles==
-* Most [[religion]] supposes the existence of one or more gods (theism), and hence is diametrically opposed to [[atheism]].
-* [[Atheism and religion]] often come into conflict, for obvious reasons.
-==Related Concepts==
-* [[wikipedia:Deism|Deism]]
-* [[wikipedia:Agnosticism|Agnosticism]]

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