in Christianity‚ about 1.3 billion people believe in Islam and about 1.1 billion people believe in atheism‚ agnostic and irreligious. What is Atheism? Atheism is defined as a person who actively denies the existence of any Gods‚ Goddess‚ Satan‚ Angeles‚ demons‚ etc. Also‚ the people who are atheists who actively deny the existence of God are generally called “strong Atheists”. In practical atheism‚ also known as apatheism‚ individuals live as if there are no gods and explain natural phenomena without
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Sunday 14th October 2012 “Religion has responded successfully to the challenge of atheism “15 marks. Religion has responded successfully and unsuccessfully to the challenge of atheism as there have a number of ideas that have developed over the years that could potentially overthrow many religious believers. Two of these reasons are due to science and empirism. Religions response to science has been widely assessed however both religion and science have agreed that nothing from the challenge
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Belief has been defined by dictionary as “An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.” or it is a “psychological state in which an individual holds a conjecture or premise to be true”. However‚ this is just the basic definition of belief‚ and if we think beyond the meanings of this word‚ we would probably realized that these do NOT make sense. There is a scale for belief‚ from -10 to 10‚ from impossible to certain. People believed that after they die‚ they will go to hell
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a fantasy adventure story‚ but with an underlying theme that I never expected. Let me begin with a brief synopsis. This is the story of Piscine Patel‚ nicknamed Pi‚ and his misadventures. He is a young teenage Indian boy‚ son of a zoo owner. Importantly‚ he is a practicing Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. His experiences growing up with animals‚ his family‚ and his faiths are the main topic of the first part. The second part of the book is about his misadventures at sea
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deity are responses to an assortment of inquiries. We cannot know if one of the arguments is successful‚ unless we can comprehend the question the argument aims to answer. In addition‚ we need to know who is asking the question. For instance‚ an agnostic may be asking a question directed towards both a theist and atheist. She also believes dialogue between open-minded individuals is more productive than a debate with a dogmatic individual. The open-minded dialogues can lead to a better understanding
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Page 1 Does God really exist? The existence of God has been a controversial question for as long as time has existed. As many arguments can be made for and against the existence of God. In this essay‚ I wish to explore arguments both for and against and eventually come a conclusion that God does indeed exist. The very essence of Man‚ all his values and his beliefs‚ are wrapped up in this question‚ "Does God exist?" Most of us were brought up to believe that God does exist‚ and as such it
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religions and creates a debate within the reader’s mind of what truly is the better story between religion of a God and atheism. Gregory Stephens quotes Charlotte Innes as describing Life of Pi as "a religious book that makes sense to a nonreligious person” (Stephens‚ "Feeding Tiger‚ Finding God: Science‚ Religion‚ and ’the better story ’ in Life of Pi"). Both religion and atheism can relate to Pi’s struggles with living life based on faith or reason. The following will be an analytical review of
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possibility other than God. “When it comes to Christianity‚ any evidence that contradicts the bible gets thrown out. By definition‚ a Christian with faith simply cannot accept that they could be wrong.” (Cencula 1) It’s unfair how atheists and agnostics have to be tolerant of Christians‚ but Christians don’t have to be tolerant of atheists! A harsh quote from Richard Dawkins proves my point a bit more. “I was asked what I thought about the widely
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”Corlis Lamont agrees‚ saying “Humanism contends that instead of the gods creating the cosmos‚ the cosmos‚ in the individualized form of human beings giving rein to their imagination‚ created the gods” (Wikipedia). Most Humanists are atheists or agnostics. ii) “Secular humanism does bear on the key aspects of one’s life. It shapes our moral values. It also influences our sense of meaning and identity. It does so‚ however‚ not by dictating what we should think or what we should do but by providing
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11% of the adult population is divorced‚ 25% of adults have had at least one divorce during their lifetime and divorce rates among Christians are significantly higher than those of other religious denominations‚ and much higher than atheists and agnostics. The results from their research about divorce rate by religion show that: 1. Non-denominational (Evangelical Christian congregations that are not affiliated with any specific denomination) – 34% have been divorce 2. Baptists – 29% 3
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