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Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists. Historically, evidence of atheistic viewpoints can be traced back to classical antiquity and early Indian philosophy. In the Western world, atheism declined as Christianity gained prominence. The 16th century and the Age of Enlightenment marked the resurgence of atheistic thought in Europe. Atheism achieved a significant position in the 20th century with legislation protecting freedom of thought. According to 2003 estimates, there are at least 500 million atheists in the world. A 2023 poll conducted by research company Ipsos suggested 29% of the world's population were not religious.Atheist organizations have defended the autonomy of science, secular ethics and secularism. Arguments for atheism range from philosophical to social and historical approaches. Rationales for not believing in deities include the lack of evidence, the problem of evil, the argument from inconsistent revelations, the rejection of concepts that cannot be falsified, and the argument from nonbelief. Nonbelievers contend that atheism is a more parsimonious position than theism and that everyone is born without beliefs in deities; therefore, they argue that the burden of proof lies not on the atheist to disprove the existence of gods but on the theist to provide a rationale for theism. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Jacques Bouveresse
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Frieder Otto Wolf
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Herman Philipse
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Michel Onfray
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Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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Baron d'Holbach
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Simone de Beauvoir
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Noam Chomsky
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Turan Dursun
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Paul Kurtz
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Dan Barker
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Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
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Paolo Mantegazza
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Leonard Peikoff
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Robert M. Price
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Etienne Vermeersch
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Stephen Hawking
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Ricky Gervais
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius
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Karlheinz Deschner
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Wolfgang Herrndorf
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George Carlin
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Julian Huxley
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André Comte-Sponville
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Jean Meslier
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Vladimir Nazor
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David Lewis
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Jennifer Michael Hecht
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Johann Hari
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Ibn Warraq
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Michael Ruse
Works about atheism 23
- Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
- Why I am an Atheist
- Why I Am Not a Christian
- The God Delusion
- God and the State
- Theophrastus redivivus
- Queen Mab
- Atheism: The Case Against God
- The Portable Atheist
- God, No! Signs You May Already Be An Atheist and Other Magical Tales
- The Irrational Atheist
- The Devil's Delusion
- Seven Types of Atheism
- Notes of a Moroccan Infidel
- L'ateismo contemporaneo
- Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide
- A Manual for Creating Atheists
- L'ateismo e la sua storia in Occidente
- L'ateismo e la sua storia in Occidente vol. 1
- L'ateismo e la sua storia in Occidente
- L'ateismo e la storia in Occidente vol. 2
- De l'athéisme et du déisme
- L'ateismo e la sua storia in Occidente
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